Mine detail: Rosita De Oro Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.53575, -77.08558

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Jumasha Limestone;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Folded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Limestone Cut By A Ramified And Branching Dike System
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Silicified Limestone, Altered Feldspars In Dike.

References

MRDS	W031403
DEP	10080289
Reference	{Deposit:: BODERLOS, 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	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Page, Norman J.