Mine detail: Punre Copper 24

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-7.00641, -78.28311

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Goyllarisquisga Formation, S. S. Quartzite;Machay Group-Limestone
Host type:	Diorite,Sandstone
Structure:	Country Rock Is A Coal-Bearing Quartzitic Sandstone, Probably Of The Goyllarisquisga Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Overlain By A Thick Limestone Unit (Machay Group). To The South Of The Delores De La Boya Mine The Sedimentary Rocks Are Intruded By A Large Stock Or Dike Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry. The Porphyry Consists Of Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase (An 35-60), Green Hornblende, And A Little Quartz In A Fine-Grained Feldspar-Quartz Groundmass That Constitutes About Half The Rock.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002189
DEP	10068915
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 620}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905D, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y CARBONIFEROS DE LA PROVINCIA DE CELENDIN: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 32, P. 21-32}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L.