Mine detail: Macon Mine

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Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -9.36769, -77.72059
dep_id: 10065586
mrds_id: TC40940
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: LENSES, ORE SHOOTS
alteration: Quartz-Sericite, Quartz-Epidote-Chlorite-Tourmaline
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Siltstone
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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