Mine detail: Huaron Mines

Previously called 'Minas De Huaron'

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.01458, -76.44973

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Enargite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	ZONED - IRREGULAR THE DISTRICT SHOWS BROAD METAL ZONING, CENTERED ON AN AREA WEST OF LAGUNA LACSACOCHA. IN THIS AREA THE VEINS CONTAIN MAINLY COPPER WHEREAS OUTLYING VEINS CONTAIN LEAD-ZINC ORE. STIBNITE IS CONFINED TO WEAK STRUCTURES ON EAST AND WEST EDGES OF THE DISTRICT
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host rock:	Correlated To Goyllarisquisga Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Large Anticline Trending North, Huaron District Is On North End Of A Dome On The Anticline. Fractures At Right Angle To Anticlinal Axis
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Wall Rocks Are Bleached. Silicified, Sericitized And Kaolinized For Several Meters From Strong Veins, And Sulphide Minerals Are Disseminated In Wall Rocks Near The Veins. Pyrite Occurs In Wall Rocks Many Meters From The Veins

References

MRDS	W002011
DEP	10068764
Reference	{Deposit:: CALLAWAY H. M., 1962, LEAD: A MATERIALS SURVEY. USBM INFO CIRCULAR 8083 P. 42}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU. NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: PETERSEN, ULRICH, 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU; ECON. GEOL. V. 60 NO. 3 P. 407 - 476.}{Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR * GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICES EDITORIALS S.R.L., P. 177-179.}{Deposit:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, PT. 3, P. 784.}{Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY REPORT, 1982.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, P. 31.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1983, JUNE, P. 38.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPOR}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU, WORLD MINING (1983), EMJ (1984), USBM (1981); CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S.