Mine detail: San Antonio De Esquilache Lead Zinc Mine 70

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Location: Puno, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -16.09771, -70.2829
dep_id: 10068973
mrds_id: W002252
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Ankerite, Barite, Quartz, Rhodonite
other_matl: Calcite
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Structure: See Comments
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
disc_yr: 1619
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1441
  • 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., 1893-1894, 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:: JIMENEZ, CARLOS P., 1924, RESENA HISTORICA DE LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: SINTESIS DE LA MINERIA PERUANA EN EL CENTENARIO DE AYACUCHO, DIR. DE MINAS Y PETROLEO, V. 1, P. 30
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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