Mine detail: Colquijirca and Marcapunta Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

-10.74792, -76.24972

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Barite, Chert, Fluorite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Opal, Quartz, Siderite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1912

Geology

Host rock:	Paria Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Marcapunta Porphyry Stock;Excelsior Formation, Mitu Group;Pucara Group;Pocobamba Formation, Clara Member;Unish Tuff
Associated type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	N-S Striking Anticline Whose Flanks Are Cut By Nw Striking Reverse Faults That Dip N. E., Beds Of The Clara Member Are Folded Into A Major Syncline To The W. And Minor Syncline And Tight Anticline
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Each Individual Bed Is Flanked Outward Successively By Kaolinized, Pyritized, Or Slightly Mineralized Shale With Or Without Chert; Argillaceous Material With Hematite Nodules And Finally Shaly And Carbonate Rocks. Silicification (Black Cherty Silica) Is Associated With Ore.

References

MRDS	W002004
DEP	10068759
Reference	{Deposit:: F. S. SIMONS 1960 (USGS) UNPUBLISHED REPORT P.1377-1388}{Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 1969, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENICA DEL PERU. P. 68; MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS. SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, LIMA, PERU}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU. NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: BRISKEY, JOE, 1989, UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: MCKINSTRY, H.E., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER DEPOSIT AT COLQUIJIRCA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 6, P. 618-635.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1935, THE SILVER MINE AT COLQUIJIRCA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 30, NO. 4, P. 331-346.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C., AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1,6-13.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE F. S. SIMONS - UNPUB. REPOR}{Production:: F. S. SIMONS (USGS) UNPUB. REPORT P. 1377A; BRISKEY (1989); LINDGREN (1935).}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Page, Norman J.