| Location: | Junin, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -11.6751, -76.09389 |
| dep_id: | 10065241 |
| mrds_id: | TC40349 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Silver, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Barite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| alteration: | Dolomitization With Minimum Width Of 11 M. |
| conc_proc: | Up To 180 M With Partial Destruction Of Sulfides To Oxides And Migration Of Silver Downward. |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E. |
| hrock_unit: | Pucara Formation |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Excelsior Shale;Mitu Formation;Catalina Volcanics;Goyllarisquisga Formation;Machay Formation;Carahuacra Intrusive |
| arock_type: | Phyllite,Shale,Black Shale,Sandstone,Arkose,Limestone |
| Structure: | Yauli Anticline With N33-40w Axis (Tertiary) And Pre-Tertiary Folding In Excelsior Shale. Chumpe Anticline Is The Principle Structure In The Area With A Northwest Trend. It Is Superimposed On The South Part Of The Yauli Dome. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1948 |
| disc_yr: | 1677 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LYONS, W.A., 1968, THE GEOLOGY OF THE CARAHUACRA MINE, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 63, NO. 3, P. 247-256.
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969.
- Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 151-155.
- Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS-UNPUBLISHED REPOR
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Reserve-Resource:: 2)INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977.
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