Mine detail: Cerro Jesus Vein Complex

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -6.33144, -78.66646

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1771

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1771
Last production ended: 1950

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Many Veins And Shear Zones Strike N60e To E And Dip Steeply Nw To Se, Cerro Jesus Pluton

References

MRDSW031435
DEP10080319
ReferenceERICKSEN, G. E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P
ReporterEricksen, George E.