Mine detail: Sirena Encantadora Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.88823, -77.05391

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1948

Geology

Host rock:	Machay;Goyllarisquizga
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Complex Folds And Faults Trending N 20 To 35 W., Intrusive Stock Extends Southward From Mine Area More Than 500 M In Axis Of Chevron Anticline
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Limestone Has Been Recrystallized And Bleached, Partly Silicified, And Partly Replaced By Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite

References

MRDS	W031409
DEP	10080295
Reference	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
Reporter	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.)