Chinchipa-Zamora-Upano Gold District

Producer in Loja, Ecuador with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063854
MRDS ID TC37876
Record type Site
Current site name Chinchipa-Zamora-Upano Gold District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -79.66609, -4.09818 (WGS84)
Relative position INCLUDES PARTS OF THE STATES OF LOJA, AZUAY, CANAR, MORONA SANTIAGO, AND ZAMORA CHINCHIPE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loja(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Loja
Ecuador Azuay
Ecuador Canar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -79.66609, -4.09818

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chinchipa-Zamora-Upano Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • SITES ON THE NANGARITZA RIVER HAVE YIELDED AVERAGES RANGING FROM 5.43 TO 11.65 G/CU M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY QUITO, 1987, GOLD MINING IN ECUADOR, UNPUBLISHED PAPER.

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1983, MAPA DEL POTENCIAL AURIFERO ALUVIAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Lopez, Tony U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.