Mine detail: Condoroma Lead-Zinc Mine 23

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.24774, -71.16626

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1677

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Country Rock At Condoroma Is Mainly Light Purple Porphyritic Andesite Flow Breccia With Small Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase And Quartz And Numerous Fragments. The Breccia Shows Nearly Horizontal Flow Layering And May Be Slightly Folded Anticlinally.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002234
DEP	10068957
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1126}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: POSTH, C., 1893-94, ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA MINERIA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE PUNO: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 9, P. 51-53, 61-63, SER. 1, V. 10, P. 51-54, 61-63}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ; 2-4) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.)