Mine detail: Pasto Bueno District

Previously called 'JajarajaoMilagroBerlin (Altar)El CableSanta IsablePeligroNoresteManuelitaColoradoConsueloChabucaVirgen De LourdesSanta RosaMacisteCamp Pasto BuenoConsuzoMaria OfeliaHuauraAreas HuayllapanPasto Nuevo MinePichusaBuitreEstrellaMaciste-AtomicaGatita-Alfonso'

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Location

Lat / long: -8.12303, -77.69146

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

Structure:N - NW TRENDING REVERSE FAULTS AND HIGH ANGLE FAULTS., LATE TERTIARY GRANITE AND INTRUDED JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS SHALE AND QUARTZITE.
Alteration processes:SERICITIZATION NEAR VEINS AND SILICIFICATION, SERICITIZATION NEAR VEINS AND SILICIFICATION; OUTWARD FROM STOCK ALKALIC, PHYLLITIC-SERICITIC, ARGILLIC, PROPYLITIC. MINOR AMOUNTS OF GREISEN MINERALS CUT ALTERATION (ZINNWALDITE, FLUORITE, TOPAZ, TOURMALINE, AXINITE, AND BERYL).

References

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Reference{Deposit:: LI, K. C., 1955, TUNGSTEN, 3D. ED. REINOLD PUBLISHING CO. NEW YORK}{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NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: SIMONS, F. S. 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PP. 1597-1617.}{Deposit:: LANDIS, G.P., AND RYE, R.O., 1974, GEOLOGIC, FLUID INCLUSION, AND STABLE ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE PASTO BUENO TUNGSTEN-BASE METAL ORE DEPOSIT, NORTHERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, P. 1025-1059.}{Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING.NGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 324.}{Deposit:: LANDIS, G.P., AND RYE, R.O., 1974, OLOGIC, FLUID INCLUSION AND STABLE ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE PASTO BUENO TUNGSTEN-BASE METAL ORE DEPOSIT, NORTHERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, NO. 7, P. 1025-1059.}{Deposit:: NORMAN, D.I., AND LANDIS, C.P., 1983, SOURCE OF MINERALIZING COMPONENTS IN HYDROTHERMAL ORE FLUIDS AS EVIDENCED BY 87SR/86SR AND STABLE ISOTOPE DATA FROM PASTO BUENO DEPOSIT, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 78, NO. 3, P. 451-465.}{Deposit:: HYDE, D.M., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF PERU, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 16 P.}{Deposit:: PETERSEN, U., 1980, METALLOGENESIS IN SOUTH AMERICA: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS, INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PUBLICATION IUGS, NO 5, P. 249-274.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, NOTES ON INDIVIDUAL PRODUCING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES, IN TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115-187.}{Deposit:: PURSER, W.F.C., 1971, METAL-MINING IN PERU: PAST AND PRESENT, NEW YORK, PRAEGER PUBLISHERS, 339 P.}{Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFRAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23.}{Deposit:: ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY-MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P.}{Deposit:: SANTOLLALA, F.M., 1954, EL TUNGSTENIO EN EL PERU, BOLETIN DE LA SOCIEDADA GEOLOGICA DEL PERU, VOL XXVII, P. 80-100.}{Deposit:: WILLIG, C.D. AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, IN MPR PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD. (ED.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, MAY 13-17, 1985, P. 63.}{Deposit:: ANUARIO MINERO-COMERCIAL, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, 1985/86, VOL. 22, LIMA, EDITORES TECNICOS ASSOCIADOS.}