Mine detail: San Cristobal Mine - 5

Previously called 'Mahr Tunnel. Veins: Main VeinSiberia 1San Cristobal and Huaripampa Polymetallic Zones'

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Location

Lat / long: -11.73121, -76.06639

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue: Hematite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1928

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1938

Geology

Host rock:Excelsior Group;Catalina;Pucara Group;Goyllarisquisga Group
Host type:Shale
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Monzonite
Structure:Chumpe Anticline, Chumpe Anticline In Southern Part Of Yauli Dome N 45 W
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera

References

MRDSW002033
DEP10068783
Reference{Deposit:: PETERSON, U. 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU. ECON. GEOL. VOL. 60 NO. 3, P. 407-476}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: KULP, J.L., AMSTUTZ, G.C., AND ECKELMANN, F.D., 1957, LEAD ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF PERUVIAN GALENAS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.52, NO.8, P. 914-922.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1984, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINES, P. 293.}{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, A., RYE, D., AND PETERSON, U., 1984, A HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE STUDY OF SAN CRISTOBAL MINE, PERU: IMPLICATIONS OF THE ROLE OF WATER TO ROCK RATIO FOR THE GENESIS OF WOLFRAMITE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 79, P. 1818-1832.}{Deposit:: BRONKHORST, D., 1970, GEOLOGIA DE LAS MINAS DE SAN CRISTOBAL IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES OPERADOS POR LA CERRO DE PASCO CORPORATION, P. 86-109, IN 1ST CONGRESSO LATINO AMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, NOVEMBER 22-29, 1970, LIMA, PERU.}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1959 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Production:: MINING MAGAZINE SEPT. 1969, VOL. 121, NO. 3 ; 5&6) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANVARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73. ESTIMATE PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE ; 2) INTERNAT. DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977}
ReporterEricksen, George E., Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.)