Mine detail: Quiruvilca Mine - 6

Previously called 'Elvira Shaft, Eleodora TunnelVeins: Gildmeister, Elvira, Morococha, No. 2, Enganadora, Trujillana,Sin Nombre, Bolognesi, Ojos Negros, 477'

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Location

Lat / long:

-8.00636, -78.33311

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Realgar, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR - EN ECHELON
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1789

Geology

Host type:	Basalt
Associated type:	Quartzite
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Argillization - Propylitization And Chloritization

References

MRDS	W002030
DEP	10068780
Reference	{Deposit:: LEWIS JR., R. W. 1956 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE QUIRUVILCA DISTRICT, PERU, ECON. GEOL. VOL. 51, NO. 1 P. 41-63}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS,1972,PG.202.}{Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.}{Deposit:: BARTOS, P.J., 1990, METAL RATIOS OF THE QUIRUVILEA MINIG DISTRICT, NORTHERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1629-1644.}{Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP LEWIS R. W. REPORT}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: 3-5) MINING ENGINEERING, P. 212, SEPT. 1975; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; LEWIS (1956); BARTOS (1990).}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.