Mine detail: Cochasayhuas

Previously called 'Ccochasayhuas'

Location:	Apurimac, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-14.14778, -72.46629
dep_id:	10068899
mrds_id:	W002171
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz, Rhodonite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR AND IRREGULAR
alteration:	Rhodonite Altered To Rhodochrosite, Limestone Marbleized At Granodiorite Contacts
ore_ctrl:	See Comments
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Machay Group;
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	See Comments
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1000
disc_yr:	1000
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 510 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: DE LUCIO, FELIPE, 1904, EL MINERAL DE CCOHASAYHUAS: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 6, P. 91-102, 109-116. Deposit:: TORRES BELON, ENRIQUE, 1918, INFORME SOBRE LAS MINAS DE CCOCHASAYJUAS: LIMA, LIBRERIA E IMPRENTA GIL, 26 P. Deposit:: FORT MICHEL, 1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL ANO DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS. IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 2, V. 15, P. 37. Deposit:: AGUILAR, REVORADO, J.F., 1941, CURSO GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING., INST. NAC. POLITECNICO SUPERIOR, P. 65-67. Deposit:: ZEVALLOS, GERMAN D., 1922B, EL YACIMIENTO AURIFERO DE CCOCHASAYHUAS EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE APURIMAC: ASSOC. PERUANA PARA EL PROGRESO DE LA CIENCIA ARCHIVOS, V. 2, P. 121-129. Deposit:: YEPEZ, ELOY, 1949, MINA CCOCHASAYHUAS: MINING ENGINEER THESIS NO. 1051, ESCUELA NACIONAL DE INGENIEROS. Deposit:: FUCHS, FERNANDO C., 1895, INFORME SOBRE EL MINERAL DE CCOCHASAYHUAS, PROVINCIA DE COTABAMBAS: LIMA, IMPRENTA DE LA ESCUELA NACIONAL DE INGENIEROS. 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 FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972