Mine detail: Comas Region Lead-Zinc Mine 54

Previously called 'Cristo Pobre'

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.75621, -75.06636
dep_id: 10068956
mrds_id: W002233
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Limestone
orebody_fm: MANTOS
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1238
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: HARRISON, JOHN V., 1951A, GEOLOGIA DE LOS ANDES ORIENTALES DEL PERU CENTRAL: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL., V. 21, P. 17 AND MAP.
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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