Mine detail: Chilete Zinc-Lead Deposit - 8

Previously called 'Chilete Mining DistrictParedonesVeins: Murcielago, West Pacasmayo, Animas, Esperanza, Pilancones,Pacasmayo, Hualgayos, H Group, North, Valenciana'

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Location

Lat / long:

-7.21474, -78.80812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Aluminum
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Bauxite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1700

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1952-1968
First production started:	1952

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Goyllarisquiso Formation;
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Faults Of Small Displacement - Very Little Post Mineral Movement Along The Veins
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Plagioclase Feldspar To Sericite, Calcite, Epidote - Pyroxene Chloritized

References

MRDS	W002002
DEP	10068757
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS F. S. 1955, THE LEAD-ZINC VEINS OF CHILETE MINING DISTRICT IN NORTHERN PERU; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 50 NO. 4 - P. 399-419}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: 1924 DIREXPL NORTHERN PERU MINING AND SMELTING}{Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP FRANK SIMONS - PUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: SEE REFERENCES}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Production:: FRANK SIMONS 1960 UNPUBLISH REPORT P. 1063}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H., Page, Norman J.