Mine detail: Cerro De Pasco

Previously called 'Ore Bodies: San AlbertoEastern Cn-AWestern Cn-AJ-337Cn-BK-327aM-309 Cn = Cayac NoruegaCleopatra Vein System43 VeinMatagente Vein'

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Location

Lat / long: -10.63125, -76.24972

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin, Arsenic
Ore: Argentite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Bournonite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Marcasite, Polianite, Polybasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tennantite, Wolframite
Gangue: Alunite, Ankerite, Barite, Dickite, Halloysite, Hematite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Sulfur
Orebody form: FUNNEL SHAPED
Discovery year: 1630

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pucara Group;Excelsior Group
Host type:Quartzite,Phyllite,Dolomite
Associated rock:Excelsior Formation;Mitu Formation;Rumillana Agglomerate
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Quartzite,Phyllite,Rhyolite
Structure:Broad, N. Plunging Anticline Intruded By Tertiary Volcanic Vent About 2.5 Km In Diameter; Folds Plunge 5-15 Degrees South.

References

MRDSW700062
DEP10084848
Reference{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., ED., 1950, THE GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF THE ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS, 18TH, LONDON, 1948, PT. VII, SYMPOSIUM AND PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F, P. 30-31, 160-170.}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., LIMA, P. 133-134.}{Deposit:: PETERSEN, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.}{Deposit:: WARD, H.J., 1961, THE PYRITE BODY AND COPPER OREBODIES CERRO DE PASCO MINE, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 2 P. 402-422.}{Deposit:: KRUGER, F.C., AND LACY, W.C., 1949, GEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALIES NEAR CERRO DE PASCO, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 6, P. 485-491.}{Deposit:: EINAUIDI, M. T. ,1977, ENVIRONMENT OF ORE DEPOSITION AT CERRO DE PASCO, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 893-924.}{Deposit:: GRATON, L.C., AND BOWDITCH, S.J., 1936, ALKALINE AND ACID SOLUTIONS IN HYPOGENE ZONING AT CERRO DE PASCO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 7, P. 651-698.}{Production:: ANNUAL PRODUCTION 1980-1990, CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991). CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION ORES (1-5), EINAUDI (1977).}{Reserve-Resource:: ORES (1 AND 2), CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J.