Mine detail: Vinchos Lead Zinc Mine 3

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Location: Pasco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -10.47293, -76.29972
dep_id: 10068984
mrds_id: W002265
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Rhodochrosite
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Limestone
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1413
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING DIRECTORY, MARCH 1984, P. 32.
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMON, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; WORLD MINING DIRECTORY, MARCH 1984, P. 32
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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