Mine detail: Tuctu Mine and Prospects

Previously called 'Tuctu Lead Zinc Mine 29'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.78824, -77.51782

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINLETS, LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Trachyte
Structure:	Country Rock Is Flat-Lying Volcanics With Some Older Folded Volcanics At Ne End Of Area.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Clay Gouge, Alteration Up To 6 M From Veins.

References

MRDS	W002261
DEP	10068980
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1034}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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 STACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, P. 77-80, FIG. 7}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP., BODENLOS AND STACZEK (1957).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969-1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.