Mine detail: Volcan Mines - Zinc - 25

Previously called 'Ticlio Zinc DepositCara Hucra'

Location:	Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-11.59788, -76.20805
dep_id:	10068789
mrds_id:	W002040
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Minor mineral:	Copper, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Argentite
orebody_fm:	SEVERAL VEINS STRIKING N.E
alteration:	Wall Rocks Are Sericitized And Silicified Pyritized And Replaced By Barite, During The Early Stages Of Alteration Whereas During A Later Stage They Were Silicified And Some Carbonate Minerals, Specularite And Chlorite Were Formed.
Reporter:	Goudarzi, Gus H., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Anticona; Granodiorite
hrock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Post Mineral Faulting Along Faults Parallel To The Veins
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1945
disc_yr:	1677
References:	Deposit:: CALLAWAY, A. M., 1962, LEAD A MATERIALS SURVEY, U.S.B.M. INF. CIR. 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:: 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 SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 301-304. Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL VOLCAN MINES Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: MINING MAGAZINE SEPT. 1969, VOL. 121, NO. 3, P. 241; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)