Mine detail: Cerro Jesus Vein Complex

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Location: Cajamarca, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -6.33144, -78.66646
dep_id: 10080319
mrds_id: W031435
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Faults And Shear Zones
Reporter: Ericksen, George E.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Many Veins And Shear Zones Strike N60e To E And Dip Steeply Nw To Se, Cerro Jesus Pluton
Year first produced: 1771
yr_lst_prd: 1950
disc_yr: 1771
discr: Spanish Conquistadores
References:
  • ERICKSEN, G. E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P
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