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Gaby

Prospect in Azuay, Ecuador with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097379
MRDS ID TC37672
Record type Site
Current site name Gaby
Alternate or previous names Gaba, Pinglio Or Leon?, Portilla Zone, Tama Zone,, Calvario No 2 Concession. Guadalupe Concession, Papa Grande.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.68314, -3.04826 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azuay(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Azuay

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF CHAUCHA, NEAR PONCE ENRIQUEZ. GUADALUPE CONCESSIONS ADJOINS GABY DEPOSIT ON THE S. AND IS CONSIDERED AN EXTENSION TO GABY; PAPA GRANDE ADJOINS GUADALUPE ON THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result DRILL HOLE DATA: 125 FT OF 0.092 OZ/T AU
Result 354 FT OF 0.053 OZ/T AU
Result 328 FT OF 0.031 OZ/T AU. 105 FT OF 0.042 OZ/TON AU
Result 210 FT OF 0.027 OZ/TON AU
Result 354 FT OF 0.041 OZ/TON AU WITH 131 FT OF 0.109 OZ/TON AU. PORTILLA ZONE TRENCH 650 FT OF 0.032 OZ/TON AU AND TAMA ZONE SOILS OF 0.039 OZ/TON AU IN 1300 FT SQUARE AREA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Santa Monica Breccia;Macuchi Formation
    Rock description Santa Monica Breccia;Macuchi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.68314, -3.04826
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name GABY
    General form HORSE-SHOE SHAPED MINERALIZATION
    Dip }}
    Thickness 480M
    Length 975M
    Width 180M
  • Name GUADALUPE
    General form HORSE-SHOE SHAPED MINERALIZATION
    Dip }}
    Length 800M
    Width 500M
  • Name PAPA GRANDE
    General form HORSE-SHOE SHAPED MINERALIZATION
    Dip }}

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA COMPLEX MAY LIE ABOVE PORPHYRY SYSTEM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ecuadorian Minerals (Can Earn 35% Of Oxide Resources And 50% In Sulfides).
    First year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ecuadorian Minerals Holds Gaby
  • Type Operator
    Owner Zappa Resources Holds Guadalupe And Papa Grande
    First year 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) ESTIMATE BASED ON 16000 M OF DRILLING IN HORSESHOE SHAPED PORPHYRY OF GABY DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • 8 REVERSE-CIRCULATION DRILL HOLES IN SANTA MONICA BRECCIA INDICATED 3 G/TON AU, 0.3% CU, AND 0.03% MO. 33,000 FT REVERSE CIRCULATION DRILLING PROGRAM (1994). DRILLING BY ZAPPA ON GUADALUPE GAVE INTERSECTIONS OF 160 M OF 1.42 G.MT AU AND 54 M OF 1.47 G./MT AU. ON PAPA GRANDE TRENCHES HAD 2.4 G/MT AU OVER 68 M IN HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA 800 M (E-W) BY 500 M (N-S). HOLES SHOW 1.14 G/MT AU OVER 163 M, 0.85 G/MT OVER 148 M, 0.86 G/MT OVER 48 M, 1.1 G/MT OVER 118 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 1992, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF EQUADOR: NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, EQUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIO.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, ECUADORIAN PUSHES AHEAD AT GABY: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPTEMBER 26, 1994, V. 80, N. 30, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, ECUADORIAN STILL DRILLING AT GABY: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 41, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1995, ECUADORIAN UPS GABY INTEREST: THE NORTHERN MINER, APRIL 17, 1995, V.81, NO.7, P. 3.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: ALSO SOME PLACER AU. PORTILLA AND TAMA ZONES FORM SEMICIRCULAR ZONE AROUND GABY DEPOSIT (8500 X 1500 FT). THICKNESS IS VERTICAL THICKNESS. ORE BODY 1: ORE BODY OPEN (1995) IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS. ORE BODY 2: LENGTH AND WIDTH SIZE OF HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Lopez, Tony U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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