Mine detail: Atunsulla Lead-Zinc Mine 15

Previously called 'Ninobamba'

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Location

Lat / long: -13.46448, -74.34967

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1562

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera

References

MRDSW002224
DEP10068947
Reference{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960 UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1046}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: RUIZ FOWLER, JOSE R., 1924, MONOGRAFIA HISTORICO-GEOGRAFICA DEL DEPARTMENTO DE AYACUCHO: LIMA, IMPRENTA TORRES AGUIRRE, P. 276}{Deposit:: MASIAS, AURELIO, 1929, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERA DE CASTROVIRREVNA: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL., V. 3, P. 63}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P.1, 6-13.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPORT}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: FRANK SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969-REF 2}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.