Mine detail: San Jose De Huanzala Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.85462, -77.00891

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marmatite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Clay, Iron, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	On W Overturned Limb Of Anticline Whose Beds Strike N20-40w And Dip 40-70 Ne.
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Up To 10 M Wide Alteration Zone, Silicification; Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite Developed Near Dikes And Veins.

References

MRDS	TC41125
DEP	10065734
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.