Mine detail: Cerro Chaquicocha Mine

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Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -9.16937, -77.85837
dep_id: 10065576
mrds_id: TC40928
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
alteration: Propylitization, Epidotized.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
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
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