Mine detail: Machan Mine

Previously called 'Adit 1Carlos Chino ViejoCarlos Chino NuevoLizandro SurPrecaucionCarmenLizandro NorteCerro RosarioPalmira.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-10.51487, -76.19555

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Galena, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Calcite, Opal
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Dacite,Andesite
Structure:	Strongly Folded Rocks Cut By Normal And Reverse Faults, 30-40 Se Plunging Symmetrical Anticline And Syncline In Pucura Formation; Three Groups Of Faults: N35-70w ( Most Strongly Mineralized), N20w To N10e (Partly Mineralized), N50-70e Postmineralization.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	TC40979
DEP	10099566
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.F., LEWIS, R.W., JR., AND ABELE, C., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ATACOCHA DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE PASCO, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975 E, P. 337-384.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: JOHNSON AND OTHERS (1955).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.