Mine detail: Cerro Azogiune Quicksilver

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Location:	Puno, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-15.80605, -70.02456
dep_id:	10068939
mrds_id:	W002216
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Tetrahedrite
ore_ctrl:	The Rocks Of Cerro Azoguine Are, From Oldest To Youngest, 500 Meters Of Conglomerate And Quartzite (Jurassic?); Cretaceous Limestone; Tertiary Sandstone And Conglomerate; Tertiary Red Beds; And Basalt Flows. According To Torres, The Ore Deposits Are Veins Striking East Or South. They Contain Red And Yellow Clay And Iron And Copper Sulfates, And Assay As Much As 9% Copper With Less Than 100 Grams Silver Per Ton. Apparently The Ore That Was Mined Contained About 1% Quicksilver.
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
disc_yr:	1650
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1590 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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