Mine detail: Chonta Quicksilver 17

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Location: Huanuco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -10.04794, -76.79974
dep_id: 10068940
mrds_id: W002217
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Galena, Sphalerite
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: See Comments
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1817
disc_yr: 1758
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1588
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: PINZAS, ESTENIO J., 1903, LA MINERIA EN LA PROVINCIA DE DOS MAYO: MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO BOL., V. 1, NO. 1, P. 29-38
  • Deposit:: GARBIN, LUCAS, 1904, APUNTES SOBRE LOS MINERALES DE HUALLANCA, CHONTA Y QUEROPALCA: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 6, P. 1-17
  • Deposit:: 5) BERRY, E.W., AND SINGEWALD, J.T., 1922, GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE HUANCAVELICA MERCURY DISTRICT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, STUDIES IN GEOLOGY 2, P. 13-15
  • Deposit:: 6) FORT, MICHEL,1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL AND DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 2, V. 15, P. 56
  • Deposit:: 7) CABRERA LA ROSA, AUGUSTO, 1954, SITUATION ACTUAL DE LA MINERIA DEL MERCURIO AN AL PERU (1954): MINERIA Y METALURGIA, MADRID (SPAIN).
  • Deposit:: 8) PAZ SOLDAN, MATEO, 1862, GEOGRAFIA DEL PERU: PARIS, LIBERERIA FERMIN DIDOT HERMANOS, HIJOS Y COMPANIA, V. 1, 745 P.
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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