Sinchi Roca Mine

PE / Áncash

•-9.92851, -77.04724View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Sinchi Roca Mine is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Machay (Limestone), within the Andean Cordillera setting. Reported specimens include Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Calcite, Quartz. Production began in 1949; workings are surface/underground.

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Found Here

CalciteChalcopyriteCopperGalenaMalachitePyriteQuartzSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Machay — Limestone
Orebody form: LENTINCULAR
Tectonic setting: Andean Cordillera

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteGalenaMalachitePyriteSphalerite

Gangue minerals

CalciteQuartz

Ore control

Irregular Fault Zone

Alteration

Outcrops Show Some Copper Stain

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Workings: Surface/Underground
Production size: Small
First production: 1949

Records and references

Cited references

BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYUASH, PERU, U.S.G.S., BULL. 1017, 166 PCIMRI

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10080306 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.92851, -77.04724

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