Mine detail: Vitaminas - San Jose Mines

Previously called 'Vitaminas Ii'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.481, -70.19956

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1943

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1946

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Dacite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Wall Rock Is Kaolinized And Pyritized

References

MRDS	TC38055
DEP	10063935
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/S LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150 SIMONS, F. 1960, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERU. USGS UNPUB. MS. P. 1459}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USAID (1959)}
Reporter	Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.