Mine detail: Collaracra Mine

Previously called 'TicapampaWorkings Names: Huran, Triunfo, La Salteada, San Julio, Uchpapucro,San Jose On Collaracra Vein.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.76629, -77.49198

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Hematite, Kaolin, Quartz
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Rhyolite
Structure:	Country Rock Is Slightly Folded Rhyolite-Trachyte Volcanic Rocks, Overlying Folded Rhyolite-Rhyodacite Volcanics And Intruded By Tabular Body Of Porphyritic Rhyolite 200 Meters Or So Thick, And By Irregular Masses Of Breccia.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Kaolinization, And Propylitization.

References

MRDS	TC40901
DEP	10065553
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1014.}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969.}{Deposit:: RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1873, EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCACHS Y SUS RIQUEZAS MINERALES: LIMA, IMPRENTA EL NACIONAL, P. 60, 404-411, 1913, P. 151.}{Deposit:: BODENLOS, ALFRED, J., AND STRACZEC, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, P. 64-69.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969, 1972.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.