Mine detail: Vitaminas - San Jose Mines

Previously called 'Vitaminas Ii'

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Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.481, -70.19956
dep_id: 10063935
mrds_id: TC38055
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Calcite, Gypsum, Limonite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Wall Rock Is Kaolinized And Pyritized
Reporter: Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Dacite,Andesite
Year first produced: 1946
disc_yr: 1943
References:
  • 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)
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