Mine detail: El Carmen Mine

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Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -9.5513, -77.72587
dep_id: 10065598
mrds_id: TC40953
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite, Stibnite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Andes
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1873
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, 165 P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).
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