Mine detail: San Agustine Mine

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Location: Cajamarca, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -6.33144, -78.66646
dep_id: 10080316
mrds_id: W031432
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Antimony, Arsenic, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Intrusive Stock
tectonic: Andes
Year first produced: 1972
References:
  • Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P
  • Production:: BRISKEY, JOE, FILES
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