Mine detail: Colloadar Lead-Zinc Mine 11

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-7.39806, -78.57478

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1840

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1840

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Cerro Colloadar Is Made Up Of Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks Comprising Sandstone Of The Goyllarisquiga Formation (Aptian) And Shale And Limestone Of The Machay Group (Albian). They Are Intruded By A Number Of Sills And Dikes Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry, Composed Of Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase (Zoned Andesine) And Hornblende Set In A Fine-Grained Groundmass Of Feldspar And Quartz With Accessory Apatite And Magnetite.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002231
DEP	10068954
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1073}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905C, IMPORTANCIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJAMARCA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 31, P. 43-49}{Deposit:: RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1887, MINAS DE ORO DEL PERU: ANALES ESCUELA CONSTR. COVILES Y DE MINAS, V. 6, P. 10-12. REPRINTED FROM BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 1, 1885-1886}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L.