Mine detail: San Vincente North and San Vicente South

Previously called '3 IntermedioManto Names: JesusAyala3 Techo3 Piso'

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.22679, -75.41192
dep_id: 10079718
mrds_id: W029816
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES, MANTOS
conc_proc: Formed During Diagenesis At Temperatures Of 75-92 C And Burial Depth Of 2-3 Km. Metal Source May Be Precambrian Crust Of Brazilian Shield.
Reporter: Theune, C.T., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Pucara Group
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Western Limb Of Anticline Trending N170e, With Numerous N50e And N140e Normal Faults
Year first produced: 1955
disc_yr: 1955
discr: J. Carpena Monroy
References:
  • Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO,E. AND DE MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.122, ED. MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA
  • Deposit:: ARGALL JR., GEORGE O., 1975, SAN VICENTE-HIGH GRADE ZINC MINE IN PERUVIAN JUNGLE, P.40 TO 40, WORLD MINING, JAN.1975
  • Deposit:: SCHULZ, GOERT-GUIDO, 1973, DIE SCHICHTGEBUNDENE ZINKBLENDELAGERSTAETTE SAN VICENTE IN PERU, P.284 TO 289, ERZMETAL, JUN. 1973
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
  • Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.
  • Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY, LIMA, REPORTS 8/82, 5/15/85
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 222.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1982, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 361.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1984, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 312.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1985, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 291.
  • Deposit:: FONTBOTE, L. AND GORZAWSKI, H., 1990, GENESIS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE ZN-PB DEPOSIT OF SAN VICENTE, CENTRAL PERU: GEOLOGIC AND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1402-1437.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; U.S. EMBASSY, E&MJ; FONTBOTE AND GORZAWSKI (1990)
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