Mine detail: Piedra Iman Mine

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Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -9.15631, -77.88755
dep_id: 10065568
mrds_id: TC40919
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
alteration: Dolomitization, Silicification, Metamorphism Developing Actinolite Garnet
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure: North Plunging Anticline
tectonic: Andes
References:
  • Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).
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