Mine detail: Tesoro Orccjo Mine

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Location: Huancavelica, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -12.88589, -75.2747
dep_id: 10065620
mrds_id: TC40978
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz
model: 178: Almaden Hg
ore_ctrl: E Striking, 40 N Fractures And Nnw Striking, E Dipping Fractures.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Gran Farrallon Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: YATES, R.G., KENT, D.F., AND CONCHA, J.F., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE HUANCAVELICA QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975-A, P. 1-43
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: YATES AND OTHERS (1951).
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