Mine detail: Antamina Mining District

Previously called 'Julia ElosiaSanta RosaPoderosaBarronRosita De OroCasualidadRecompensaSan FranciscoFortunaPutapuquioPallares'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.53187, -77.09395

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Silver
Discovery year:	1492

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	SKARN, (FISSURE VEINS), DISSEMINATED
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:	ANTICLINE, CONCEALED PLUTON, CORDILLERA BLANCA BATHOLITH OF LATE TERTIARY AGE
Alteration processes:	INTRUSIVE AT MARGINS, CHLORITIZED, SERICITIZED, EPITOTIZED.

References

MRDS	W031400
DEP	60001827
Reference	{Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1017, 166 P.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, 1984, P. 82.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING JOURNAL APRIL 1993, P. 182.}{Deposit:: PETERSEN, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.}