Mine detail: Atunsulla Lead-Zinc Mine 15

Previously called 'Ninobamba'

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Location: Ayacucho, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -13.46448, -74.34967
dep_id: 10068947
mrds_id: W002224
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
disc_yr: 1562
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960 UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1046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  • Production:: FRANK SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT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
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