Mine detail: Santa Barbara

Previously called 'Belen TunnelSocavon De ChayllatacanaSan NicolasCarlos IiiGuadalupeSan Javier'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.862, -75.09108

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Galena, Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR TABULAR WITH PIPE-LIKE PROJECTIONS
Discovery year:	1570

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Gran Farallon Sandstone, Goyllarisquiza Group;Chayllatacana Volcanics, Goyllarisquiza Group
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Pucara Group;Machay Formation;;
Associated type:	Limestone,Dacite

References

MRDS	W029818
DEP	10079719
Reference	{Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND DE MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P. 111, ED. MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA.}{Deposit:: YATES, R.G., KENT, D.F., AND CONCHA, J.F., 1951, GEOLOGY OF HUANCAVELICA QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975-A, P. 1-43.}{Deposit:: BAKEWELL, P.J., 1971, SILVER MINING AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL MEXICO, ZACATECAS 1546-1700: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 256-257.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: YATES AND OTHERS (1951), BRAKEWELL (1971)}
Reporter	Theune, C.T., Page, Norman J.