Mine detail: Sirena Encantadora Mine

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Location: Huanuco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -9.88823, -77.05391
dep_id: 10080295
mrds_id: W031409
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Zinc, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Limestone Has Been Recrystallized And Bleached, Partly Silicified, And Partly Replaced By Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Fissures, Shear Zones.
Reporter: Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.)
hrock_unit: Machay;Goyllarisquizga
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_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
Year first produced: 1948
References:
  • 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
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