Mine detail: Chanchamina Gold-Silver-Lead Deposit #46

Previously called 'TulumachayDon Carlos'

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.38122, -75.78304

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Puy Puy Stock
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Earlier Rocks Aris Cut By Monzonite, Quartz Monzonite, And Quartz Porphyry Dikes That Strike West Northwest, Dip Steeply North And Attain A Length Of One Km. Shale And Limestone Of Liassic Age And Limestone Of Jurassic Age Are Faulted Against The Puy-Puy Stock And West Of Chanchamina Limestone Of Early Cretaceous Age Is Faulted Against The Same Stock
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal-Silicification Kaolinization

References

MRDS	W002151
DEP	10068879
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 410-415}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: DELAS CASAS, F., 1961, MINA CHANCHAMINA: BANCO MINERO PERU, INGEMMET B4368.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPORT}{Production:: FRANK SIMONS (1969), DE LAS CASAS (1961).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.