Mine detail: Los Negros Mine

Previously called 'Vein: San Carlos, Los NegrosManto: Argolla'

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Location: Cajamarca, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -6.75753, -78.60979
dep_id: 10107373
mrds_id: W031437
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Rhodonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification, Kaolinization, Sericitization
ore_ctrl: Faults, Shear Zones
Reporter: Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1898
disc_yr: 1898
References:
  • Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G. E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P.
  • Deposit:: FLORES, P.G., VARGAS, V.V., AND MERE, J.Q., 1986, INFORME DERECHO MINERO LOS NEGROS: INGEMMET B3693.
  • Deposit:: MEDINA L., J., 1975, MINA LOS NEGROS: INGEMMET B4319.
  • Production:: ERICKSEN (1954).
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