Mine detail: Yauricocha

Previously called 'Principal Ore Bodies: AntacaMain CatasCuyePozo RicoEastern ContactVirginiaWestern ContactT.C.O.AdrianaMascottaCarmencitaPurisma ConcepcionWest Catas.Giliana'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.31452, -75.73304

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
Orebody form:	ELONGATE - IRREGULAR - LENTICULAR - ZONED
Discovery year:	1862

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1948

Geology

Host rock:	Machay Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Yauricocha And Exito Intrusives; Triada Member Of Casapalca Red Beds;Quishuanioc Limestone Member Of Casapalca Red-Beds;France Chert Member Of Casapalca Redbeds;Huamanripa Limestone;Goyllarisquizga Group
Associated type:	Silt,Shale,Limestone,Chert,Basalt
Structure:	Yauricacha Ore Bodies Are Associated With A Granodiorite Intrusive Located On The Western Limb Of A Se Plunging Syncline Of Machay Limestone And Casapalca Red-Beds., Chacras Shuffle Zone Which Is A Strong Fault And Fracture Zone That Projects Into The Mine Area
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Limestone Is Recrystallizied To Marble And Silicified; Igneous Rocks With Clay And Sericite.

References

MRDS	W002041
DEP	10068790
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU. ECON. GEOL. VOL. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476}{Deposit:: SIMONS, F. S., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU - UNPUB. REPORT, P. 806-820}{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.200; 1979, P. 323; 1984, P. 313.}{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. 141-143.}{Deposit:: ALVAREZ, A. A. , AND NOBLE, D.C., 1988, SEDIMENTARY ROCK-HOSTED DISSEMINATED PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION OF PURISMA CONCEPCION, YAURICOCHA DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1368-1378.}{Deposit:: WARD, H. J., 1959, SULFIDE OREBODIES AT YAURICOCHA, CENTRAL PERU - REPLACEMENTS OF ORGANIC REEFS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 8, P. 1365-1379.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 11, 6-13.}{Deposit:: PINTO, J., 1970, GEOLOGIA DE LA MINA YAURICOCHA, IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES OPERADOS POR LA CERRO DE PASCO P. 110-130, IN 1ST CONGRESSO LATINO AMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, NOV. 22-29, LIMA, PERU.}{Deposit:: 1922 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE SIMONS, F. S., UNPUB. REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Production:: 1&2) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; 3-5) WORLD MINING, FEB. 1968; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).}{Reserve-Resource:: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977.}
Reporter	Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.)