Mine detail: Carhuayacan

Previously called 'Veins: Candelaria, San Roque, Toldojirca, Santa Rosa, Veta 21,San Felipe.Mina Carhuayacan, Sindicato Minero Rio Pallanca'

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.19929, -76.28694
dep_id: 10079726
mrds_id: W029826
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitization, Kaolinitization, Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal (Replacement)
Reporter: Theune, C.T., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Pariatambo Formation;Jumasha Formation;Casapalca Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Dacite,Andesite
Structure: Dome (20 By 4 Km)
tectonic: Santo Domingo Fault (Nw To Se), 20 Km Length
Year first produced: 1959
References:
  • Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E.AND DE MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.99, ED. MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
  • Deposit:: GIRARD, P. D., 1976, INFORME GEOLOGICO Y DE RESERVAS MINERALES DE LA MINA CARHUACAYAN: BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, INGEMMET B2894.
  • Deposit:: DIAZ, M. L., 1977, SEGUNDA INSPECCION DE CONTROL, MINA CARHUACAYAN: BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, INGEMMET B2890.
  • Production:: GIRARD (1976); DIAZ (1977)
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