Mine detail: Huancapeti

Previously called 'TicapampaVeins: Huancapeti, Alsacia, Carpa'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.76129, -77.53337

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year:	1677

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Dacite
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Kaolinization, And Propylitization

References

MRDS	W002260
DEP	10068979
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1014}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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, IMPRENTA EL NACIONAL, P. 60, 404-411, 1913, P. 151}{Deposit:: BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, P. 64-69}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.