| Location: | Cusco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -15.29774, -71.00792 |
| dep_id: | 10068967 |
| mrds_id: | W002245 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Quartz, Rhodochrosite |
| alteration: | Wallrock Is Moderately Kaolinized. |
| ore_ctrl: | Ore Consists Of Short Rich Lenses Of Galena And Sphalerite With A Little Chalcopyrite And Pyrite, In A Banded Gangue Of Quartz, Rhodochrosite, And Silicified Wall Rock. The Sulfides Form Massive Lenses As Much As 100 Cm Wide And Also Occur In Veinlets And Disseminations. Either Or Both Walls May Be Marked By Post-Mineral Faults. Reserves Of The Kata Mine Were Reported In 1956 To Be 100,000 Tons Containing 6-8% Pb, 5-7% Zn, And 60-90 Grams Of Silver Per Ton. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.) |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Structure: | The Mine Is In A Sequence Of Dense Purple Amygdaloidal Porphyritic Andesite Flows That Appear To Be Essentially Flat-Lying. The Flows Are Cut By A Post-Mineral Dike Of Fine-Grained Porphyry As Much As 15 M Wide. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| disc_yr: | 1532 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1129
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Production:: ; 2-4) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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