Mine detail: Jecanca Lead Zinc Mine 24

Previously called 'Santo ToribioVeins: Toro, Secana, Santo Toribo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.47797, -77.58809

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1860

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	DATA FOR 1951-1955 ONLY
First production started:	1865

Geology

Host type:	Rhyodacite,Andesite
Structure:	Intrusion Of A Stock Of Trachyandesite Or Rhyodacite.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	All Rocks Altered Extensively; Chloritized, Epidotized, Pyritized, Sericitized, Kaolinized, And Bleached.

References

MRDS	W002244
DEP	10068966
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED RESULTS, P. 1015}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1873, EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCACHS Y SUS RIQUEZAS MINERALES: LIMA, IMPRENTE EL NACIONAL, P. 313; 1913, P. 148-149}{Deposit:: DUENAS, ENRIQUE, 1904, RECURSOS MINERALES DE LOS DISTRITOS DE CHACAS Y SAN LUIS: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 15, P. 27}{Deposit:: BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1040, P. 97-102, PL. 6}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.