Mine detail: Cercana Mine

Previously called 'DescubridoraCasavettoLlutaSircana'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.83266, -70.12956

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Acanthite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Vein Has Alteration Envelope

References

MRDS	TC38017
DEP	10063910
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150. BANCO MINERO - UNPUBLISHED DATA SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 884. WILSON, J., AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRAGULOS DE PACHIA Y PALCA: PERU COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 4, P. 7}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SIMONS (1960)}
Reporter	Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.