Mine detail: Arcata

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.01465, -72.24962
dep_id: 10207202
mrds_id: W002222
mas_id: 3330070005
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
other_matl: Arsenopyrite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Peterson, Gary R.
Year first produced: 1964
disc_yr: 1961
References:
  • Deposit:: PURSER, W. F., 1971, METAL-MINING IN PERU PAST AND PRESENT:
  • Deposit:: PRAEGER, NEW YORK, 339 PGS.
  • Deposit:: RANDOL 1995 PERUVIAN MINING DIRECTORY, P. 28
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