Sirena Encantadora Mine

PE / Áncash

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About this location

Sirena Encantadora Mine is a historic mining site in Huanuco, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Machay (Limestone), within the Andes setting. Reported specimens include Argentite, Calcite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Argentite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite; gangue is recorded as Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Wollastonite. Production began in 1948.

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Found Here

ArgentiteCalciteGalenaGoldPyriteQuartzSilverSphaleriteStibniteWollastonite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Machay — Limestone
Associated rock: Diorite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Tectonic setting: Andes

Ore minerals

ArgentiteGalenaGoldSphaleriteStibnite

Gangue minerals

CalcitePyriteQuartzWollastonite

Structure

Complex Folds And Faults Trending N 20 To 35 W., Intrusive Stock Extends Southward From Mine Area More Than 500 M In Axis Of Chevron Anticline

Ore control

Fractures, Fissures, Shear Zones.

Alteration

Limestone Has Been Recrystallized And Bleached, Partly Silicified, And Partly Replaced By Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
First production: 1948

Records and references

Cited references

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

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10080295 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.88823, -77.05391

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