Mine detail: Cercana Mine

Previously called 'DescubridoraCasavettoLlutaSircana'

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Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.83266, -70.12956
dep_id: 10063910
mrds_id: TC38017
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Acanthite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: Vein Has Alteration Envelope
Reporter: Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.
hrock_type: Hornblendite
arock_type: Hornblendite
Year first produced: 1890
disc_yr: 1890
discr: Chileans
References:
  • 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 BANCO MINERO - UNPUBLISHED DATA SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 884.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)
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