Mine detail: Huamana Mine

Previously called 'PompeiSan Pedro.Veins: Animus, Ribordonesia, San Jose, Santa Isabel, Prascondu,'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.18437, -77.42308

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year:	1677

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Hornfels,Phyllite
Structure:	Quartzite, Phyllite, And Hornfels (Jurassic?) Intruded By Granodiorite To South. Most Veins Are In Granodiorite
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002241
DEP	10068963
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1012}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND ERICKSEN, GEORGE E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1017, P. 80-85, PL. 6,7,8}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP; BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.