Mine detail: Cahuide Tungsten 58

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Location: Cusco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -13.76446, -70.79958
dep_id: 10068986
mrds_id: W002267
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Antimony, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Stibnite, Wolframite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Country Rock Is Volcanic, Probably Tertiary Age, In Contact With Shale. A Series Of Narrow Irregular Veins Are Enclosed In Volcanic Rock And Appear To Die Out Where They Enter Shale. Vein Material Is Stibnite And Wolframite In A Gangue Of Quartz And Subordinate Calcite. The Ore Averages 2-3% Antimony And 1% Or So Tungsten.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
prod_yrs: 2) 1956-7
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1616
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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