Mine detail: Cerro Azogiune Quicksilver

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -15.80605, -70.02456

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1650

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera

References

MRDSW002216
DEP10068939
Reference{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1590}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: ESPINOZA, ROBERTO, 1944, INFORME SOBRE EL MUESTREO DE LAS LABORES EXISTENTES EN EL CERRO AZOGUINE, PUNO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 130, P. 89-95}{Deposit:: TORRES VARGAS, DAVID, 1942, EL MERCURIO DE PUNO Y EL MAGNESIO DEL VALLE DE CHICAMA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 128, 57 P.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L.