Mine detail: Raura

Previously called 'Tajo Grande AreaMinas Raura De Cajatambo.'

Location:	Lima, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-10.44793, -76.76641
dep_id:	10107365
mrds_id:	W029835
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnesite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal (Replacement)
Reporter:	Theune, C.T., Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H.
hrock_unit:	Machay Formation
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyodacite
Year first produced:	1962
disc_yr:	1890
discr:	Historical Mining (1890)
References:	Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO,E. AND DE MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.88, ED. MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59. Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINING, 1981, MINERALS YEARBOOK, PT. 3, P. 784. Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING. Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 243-245. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT. 1969, VOL. 121, NO. 3, PAGE 241. Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969. Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1326. Deposit:: LEWIS, RICHARD W., JR., AND NARVAEZ, SIGFREDO, 1955, LOS DEPOSITOS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO: INST. NAC. DE INV. Y FOMENTO, MINEROS BOL., NO. 13, PP 26-31 Deposit:: PORTURAS, ANTONIO, 1954, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION Production:: D1) TO D75) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; USBM (1981), CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991). MINING MAGAZINE (1969).