Mine detail: Casualidad Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.52269, -77.08781

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Jumasha;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Folded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Intrusive Dikes Cut By Branching, Crosscutting Fractures And Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Limestone Is Partly Serpentinized

References

MRDS	W031402
DEP	10080288
Reference	{Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.)