Mine detail: Gran Bretana Mine

Previously called 'Azulcocha'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.06453, -75.66638

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Manganese, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Galena, Orpiment, Psilomelane, Realgar, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Clay, Iron
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1953

Geology

Host rock:	Pucara Limestone;Goyllarisquisga Formation, Arenaceous Sediments
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Anticlinal Structure.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002008
DEP	10068762
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE SEPT. 1969 VOL. 121 NO. 3 P. 257}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1547.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR * GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICES EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 161-163.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPOR}{Production:: U.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOK - 1970, PERU PREPRINT. CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION FROM F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H., Page, Norman J.