Mine detail: San Jose De Huanzala Mine

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Location: Huanuco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -9.85462, -77.00891
dep_id: 10065734
mrds_id: TC41125
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marmatite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Clay, Iron, Quartz
alteration: Up To 10 M Wide Alteration Zone, Silicification; Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite Developed Near Dikes And Veins.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: On W Overturned Limb Of Anticline Whose Beds Strike N20-40w And Dip 40-70 Ne.
tectonic: Andes
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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