Mine detail: Huanzala

Previously called 'San Jose De Huanzala'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.87295, -76.98307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Bismuth
Ore:	Alabandite, Argentite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Electrum, Enargite, Galena, Hessite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stephanite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
Gangue:	Albite, Anhydrite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Sericite, Talc, Vesuvianite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1721

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Machay Group, Limestone;Barremian Shl, Sst, & Limestone;Santa Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Andesite
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	N. 25 Deg W. Folds, Overturned Syncline To Southwest That Plunges S40e; Thrust Faults, N30-40w, 40-60sw And Steeply Dipping N20e And N80e Faults
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Epidotization

References

MRDS	W002010
DEP	10068763
Reference	{Deposit:: BODENLOS A. T., ERICKSEN G. E. 1955. LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017 - P. 108-110}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 322.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 292.}{Deposit:: IMAI, H., KAWASAKI, M., YAMAGUCHI, M., AND TAKAHASH, M., 1985, MINERALIZATION AND PARAGENESIS OF THE HUANZALA MINE, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, P. 461-478.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1993, P. 183.}{Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP A. T. BODENLOS, G. E. ERICKSEN - USGS BULL. 1017}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4 P. 589; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; MINING MAGAZINE (1993)}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.