Mine detail: Uchucchacua

Previously called 'Uchuc-Chacua, Buenaventur* UchucchacuaMines Areas: Candelaria, Huantajalla, Mercedes, Casualidad, Carmen,PlomopampaVeins: Rosa, Luz, Socorro, ConsueloOre Bodies: Irma, Rosa Norte, Viviana'

Location:	Lima, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-10.57209, -76.70112
dep_id:	10068981
mrds_id:	W002262
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Lead
Minor mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Alabandite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Orpiment, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
gangue:	Fluorite, Friedelite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Siderite, Wollastonite
model:	60: Skarn Zn-Pb
conc_proc:	30-150 M Supergene Zone
ore_ctrl:	Area Is Underlain By Limestone, Strike N., Dip 20-40 E. Ore Deposits Formed Mostly By Replacement Of Limestone Along Fractures And Bedding Planes. Vein Material Consists Of Brecciated Wall Rock, Calcite, Iron Oxides, And A Little Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, And Galena. Torrico Y Mesa Reports Mine-Run Ore Averaged 1 Kg Silver Per Ton. Malaga Reports Polybasite In Rich Ore.
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Jumasha Formation;Jumasha Formation
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_unit:	Dacite
arock_type:	Dacite
Structure:	Asymmetric Ne-Verging Anticline; Conjugate Set Of Steep Wrench Faults Striking Nw And Ne; Near Crest Of Anticline Rocks Are Intruded By Minor Dacitic Intrusions.
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1961
disc_yr:	1677
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1342 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1904B, LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO Y SUS ASIENTOS MINERALES: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL. NO. 6, 111 P. Deposit:: LEWIS, R.W., JR., AND NARVAEZ, SIGFREDO, 1955, LOS DEPOSITOS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO: INST. NAC. DE INV. Y FOMENTO MINEROS BOL., NO. 13, P. 32-37. Deposit:: TORRICO Y MESA, JUAN, 1900, MEMORIA SOBRE LAS RIQUEZAS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO Y EN ESPECIAL DE LOS CERROS DE CHANCA: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 15, P. 43; REPRINTED AS : LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO Y SUSASIENTOS MINERALES: MINERIA, V. 5, NO. 14, P. 43. Deposit:: DUNSTAN, GUILLERMO, 1909, LA MINERIA EN CAJATAMBO Y BOLOGNESI: PERU, DIR. DE FOMENTO BOL. ANO 7, NO. 4, P. 66-67. Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS S.R.L., P. 97-99. Deposit:: BUSSELL, M.A., ALPERS, C.N., PETERSEN, U., SHEPHERD, T.J., BERMUDEZ, C., AND BAXTER, A.N., 1990, THE AG-MN-PB-ZN VEIN, REPLACEMENT, SKARN DEPOSITS OF UCHUCCHACUA PERU: STUDIES OF STRUCTURE, MINERALOGY, METAL ZONING, SR ISOTOPES, AND FLUID INCLUSIONS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1343-1383. Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991) Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972