Mine detail: San Juan De Lucanas Gold and Silver - 18

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Location

Lat / long:

-14.6561, -74.16634

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Galena
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	Tocasa Formation
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Two Fracture Systems, One Strikes North And Other 45-70 Deg. East.
Tectonic:	Cordillera Occidental, Southern Peru

References

MRDS	W002034
DEP	10068784
Reference	{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, F. S., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. REPORT P. 548-542}{Deposit:: FORMARI, MICHEL, AND VILCA NEYNA, CESAR, 1979, MINERALIZATION ARGENTIFERA ASOCIADA AL VOLCANISMO CENOZOICO EN LA FAJA PUQUIO-CAILLOMA: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V.60, P. 101-128.}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR * GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS S.R.L., P. 263-265.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE SIMONS F. S. UNPUB. REPOR}{Production:: SIMONS (REF.) P. 549; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991); NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).}{Reserve-Resource:: NO DATA AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE 5/73}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J.