Mine detail: La Florida Lead-Zinc Mine 9

Previously called 'Mina La FloridaVeins: Huamachuco, Alfa'

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Location

Lat / long:

-7.88137, -78.04977

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	DATA AVAILABLE FOR 1950-55 ONLY
First production started:	1950

Geology

Host rock:	Carhuaz Formation;
Host type:	Diorite,Hornblendite,Shale
Structure:	Shale Beds Are Moderately Folded, Striking About Nw. They Are Intruded By A Stock And Various Dikes Of Porphyritic Rock Ranging In Composition From Hornblende Diorite To Biotite Quartz Diorite. At Contacts With The Intrusive Rock The Shale Is Contorted And Fractured.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Shale; Sericite, Chlorite, Pyrite Alteration Of Porphyry Where Cut By Veins.

References

MRDS	W002238
DEP	10068960
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1268}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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, 1907, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE HUAMACHUCO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL. NO. 51, P. 40-45}{Deposit:: BRAMBILLA, DANTE, 1954, INFORME GEOLOGICO DE LA MINA LA FLORIDA: SOC. NAC. DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO BOL., NO. 35, P. 39-57.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS (1960); BRAMBILLA (1954).}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.