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'

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Location

Lat / long: -10.57209, -76.70112

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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
Discovery year: 1677

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1961

Geology

Host rock:Jumasha Formation;Jumasha Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Dacite
Associated 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

References

MRDSW002262
DEP10068981
Reference{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1342}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.), Page, Norman J.