Tuco - Chira District

PE / Ancash

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Tuco - Chira District is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a VEIN (POLYMETALLIC BASE METAL) deposit. Reported specimens include Copper, Galena, Sphalerite.

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CopperGalenaSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: VEIN (POLYMETALLIC BASE METAL)

Structure

NUMEROUS INTRUSIVES IN THE FORM OF DIKES, SILLS, AND IRREGULARLY SHAPED STOCKS, COMPLEX FOLDS AND FAULTS TRENDING NNW. REGIONAL STRIKE OF REDS N. 30 DEG W

Ore control

FISSURE FILLING AND REPLACEMENT. SOME VEIN ARE MINERALIZED FAULTS

Alteration

GARNET AND WOLLASTONITE DEVELOPED AT INTRUSIVE-LIMESTONE CONTACTS WITH SOME RECRYSTALIZATION

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 144-145. 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 P.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60001830 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.98125, -77.19975

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