Macon Mine

PE / Áncash

•-9.36769, -77.72059View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Macon Mine is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Quartzite, within the Andes setting. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Galena, Pyrite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline.

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Found Here

ChalcopyriteChloriteCopperEpidoteGalenaPyriteQuartzSericiteSilverSphaleriteTourmaline

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Quartzite
Associated rock: Siltstone
Orebody form: LENSES, ORE SHOOTS
Tectonic setting: Andes

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteGalenaPyriteSphalerite

Gangue minerals

ChloriteEpidoteQuartzSericiteTourmaline

Alteration

Quartz-Sericite, Quartz-Epidote-Chlorite-Tourmaline

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165PCIMRI

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065586 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.36769, -77.72059

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