Mine detail: Contonga

Previously called 'Contonga Area'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.48269, -77.07057

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Jumasha Limestone;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Broad Anticline To E Of Area And Sharp Syncline To W. Mine Area On Common Limb. Nw Strike And 55-80 Sw Dip., Limb Of Limestone Intruded By Stock 300 By 350 M, Dikes And Sills From 20-300 M Long And 0.5 To 15 M Thick; Fault Zones Up To 175 M Long And 1-3 M Thick.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Near Rhyolite, Limestone Bleached And Recrystallized, Rhyolite Altered; Limestone Locally Silicified.

References

MRDS	TC41129
DEP	10099570
Reference	{Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.