Mine detail: Cercapuquio Mine - Lead-Zinc-16

Previously called 'Cercapuquio - Tcnyaclla Region'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.41452, -75.41637

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Cadmium
Ore:	Calamine, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1923

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Pucara Limestone;Sandstone;Limestone With Intercalations Of Red Shale & Breccia;Sandstone, 8 Coal Beds
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Open Folds Of Considerable Length Trending Northwest, Cercapuquio Syncline And A Cross Fold On The Se End Of The Upper Manto.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W001999
DEP	10068753
Reference	{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING DIRECTORY, 1984, MARCH, P. 37.}{Deposit:: 1927 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO CORPORATION}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Production:: FRANK SIMONS 1960 UNPUBLISHED REPORT - P. 1225; WORLD MINING DIRECTORY (1984)}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H., Page, Norman J.