Mine detail: Contonga Y Chincho

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.5313, -77.13308

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1974

Geology

Host rock:	Jumasha Limestone;Goyllarisquisga
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Folded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Limestone Forms A Broad Anticline To The East And A Sharp Syncline To The West. Intruded By Stocks, Dikes
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Limestone And Dike Rocks Are Slightly Silicified And Pyritized.

References

MRDS	W031404
DEP	10080290
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.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, PT. 3, P. 784.}{Deposit:: ENGINERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, P. 94.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN EMBASSY, LIMA, 5/15/85, P. 22.}{Production:: USBM (1981), E/MJ (1984)}
Reporter	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Page, Norman J.