Mine detail: Raura

Previously called 'Tajo Grande AreaMinas Raura De Cajatambo.'

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Location

Lat / long: -10.44793, -76.76641

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnesite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1962

Geology

Host rock:Machay Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyodacite

References

MRDSW029835
DEP10107365
Reference{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DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1326.}{Deposit:: LEWIS, RICHARD W., JR., AND NARVAEZ, SIGFREDO, 1955, LOS DEPOSITOS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO: INST.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).}
ReporterTheune, C.T., Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H.