Susana Mine

PE / Áncash

•-10.20850, -76.97113View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Susana Mine is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Machay (Phyllite, Sandstone, Limestone), within the Andes setting. Reported specimens include Epidote, Galena, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite; gangue is recorded as Epidote, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1677.

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Found Here

EpidoteGalenaLimoniteMagnetitePyriteQuartzSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Machay — Phyllite, Sandstone, Limestone
Associated rock: Rhyolite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Tectonic setting: Andes

Ore minerals

GalenaSphaleritePyrite

Gangue minerals

EpidoteLimoniteMagnetiteQuartz

Structure

Tight Folding, Steep Dips, And Many Bedding Faults. Axial Planes Trend N 20 To 30 W, Crumpled Sedimentary Rocks, Intrusive Sill

Ore control

Fractures, Bedding Shears

Alteration

Hydrothermal Alteration Of Limestones; Silicated And Contains Garnet, Quartz, Epidote

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
Discovered: 1677

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, 166 PCIMRIBODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10080301 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -10.20850, -76.97113

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