Mine detail: Negra Huanusha Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.29789, -75.86638

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Copper, Covellite, Malachite, Stromeyerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	LENSES AND DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pucara;Mitu
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Arkose,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Sedimentary Rocks In The District Are Folded Into A Wnw Trending, West Plunging Anticline
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Bleaching Of The Red Color Of The Sandstone And Shale Of Wall Rock

References

MRDS	W031444
DEP	10080325
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 182-184.}{Deposit:: KOBE, H.W., 1960, CU-AG DEPOSITS OF THE RED-BED TYPE AT NEGRA HAUNUSHA IN CENTRAL PERU. SCHWEIZ. MIN. PETR. MITT., VOL 40-1, P. 163-176.}{Production:: KOBE, H.W., 1960, P. 164.}{Reserve-Resource:: PETERSON, U., 1962, TABLE IV.}
Reporter	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.)