Mine detail: Cacachara Lead-Zinc Mine 76

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.5977, -70.09956

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1750

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	The Area Is Underlain By Volcanic Rocks Of The Sillapaca Sequence (Tertiary), Mostly Purple Or Gray Porphyritic Rhyolites.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002225
DEP	10068948
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1419}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: BASADRE, MODESTO, 1891, MINERALES DE CACACHARA: SOC. GEOG. LIMA BOL., V. 1, P. 346-349}{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. REP}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.