Mine detail: Santa Elena Mine

Previously called 'Veins: HuinacBElizabethEnlace ElizabethCrucero HuinacVein ADParalelaMonte Cristo GroupJulia'

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Location

Lat / long:

-13.68669, -72.69019

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Alunite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Propylitic, Sericitic, Kaolinitic

References

MRDS	W002191
DEP	10068917
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 581}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, 165 P.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; ANNUAL PRODUCTION INFO. FROM BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.