Mine detail: Hualgayoc Mining District

Previously called 'Sequna RebeldeMarioEl DoradoSan AugustineCerro CoronaMina CunaMina Los NegrosMina MansitaCerro JesusTres MosqueterosSinchao'

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Location

Lat / long:

-6.33141, -78.66649

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Discovery year:	1771

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LODE (FISSURE VEINS), STRATIFORM, PORPHYRY
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1771
Last production ended:	1981

Geology

Structure:

GENTLY FOLDED CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE TO QUARTZ DIORITE STOCKS, NW TRENDING FOLDS AND NORMAL FAULTS

References

MRDS	W031431
DEP	60001832
Reference	{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT. DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD DISSERTATION, 239 P.}{Deposit:: BORREDON, R., LAFITTE, M., AND MAURY, R., 1983, COMPOSITION DES SPHALERITES DU DISTRICT MINIER DE HUALGAYOC (PEROU): MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 18, P. 437-442.}