Mine detail: Sinchao Deposit

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Location: Cajamarca, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -6.33144, -78.66646
dep_id: 10111262
mrds_id: W031438
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: ELONGATE BODY
work_type: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Silicated To Recrystallized Limestone Roof Pendant In Stock
Reporter: Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
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:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 6, P.1, 6-13.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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