Mine detail: Arcata Mine 1

Previously called 'Veins: Tres ReyesAltaBajaMacarenaMarcianoMarionLuisaRamal DMariaLucreciaConsuelo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.08108, -72.33295

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Antimony, Gallium, Arsenic, Copper
Ore:	Acanthite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Illite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Siderite
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1532

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1961

Geology

Host rock:	Tacaza Group
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
Tectonic:	Cordillera Occidental Of Southern Peru
Alteration processes:	Adularia-Sercite; Pervasive Low-Grade Propylitic, Productive Veins Surrounded By Strong To Moderate Potassic Alteration Of Adularia, Quartz +/- Sericite, Albite, Chlorite, Carbonate, Local Argillic Alteration

References

MRDS	W002222
DEP	10068945
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 1042}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: FORMARI, MICHEL, AND VILCA NEYRA, CESAR, 1979, MINERALIZACION ARGENTIFERA ASOCIADA AL VOLCAISMO CENOZOICO EN LA FAJA PUQUIO-CAILLOMA: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V.60, P. 101-128}{Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR * GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 81-83.}{Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY LIMA, 1993, 1992 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT ON MINERALS PERU: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 7/9}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Deposit:: CANDIOTTI DE LOS RIOS, H., NOBLE, D.C., AND MCKEE, E.H., 1990, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND EPITHERMAL SILVER VEINS OF THE ARCATA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1473-1490.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977A D2; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991); U.S. EMBASSY LIMA (1993).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.