Mine detail: Esperanza Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.63934, -70.06623

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Capalina;Junerata
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Fault, Two Post Mineral Transverse Faults Displace The Veins 2 M.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	TC38022
DEP	10063914
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PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 885.}{Deposit:: VARGAS, A.; 1972. ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE LA UNIDAD CAPLINA-TACNA: SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD.B5011.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VARGAS (1972)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.