Tucu Grande

PE / Ancash

•-9.96462, -77.20808View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Tucu Grande is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Calcite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite; logged ore minerals are Galena; gangue is recorded as Calcite.

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Found Here

CalciteGalenaSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Orebody form: ISOMETRICO (FRACTURAS)
Tectonic setting: El Paquete Sedimentario Esta Fuertemente Plegado, Formando Un Sinclinal Recumbente

Ore minerals

Galena

Gangue minerals

Calcite

Ore control

Estructural (Fallamiento Y/O Corrimiento), Litologico (En Algunos Sectores).

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

FERNANDEZ, HORACIO; INFORME DE LA MINA TUCU GRANDE. B.M.P. AGOSTO 1975. COD. B3500CLEMENTA LARRANAGA, JAIME; MINA TUCU GRANDE, B.M.P. DICIEMBRE 1969. COD. B3440DUNIN B., ESTANISLAO; POSIBILIDADES MINERAS DE LAS MINAS Y PROSPECTOS DE LOS PEQUENOS MINEROS UBICADOS EN LA VECINDAD DE LA PLANTA CATAC. B.M.P. MAYO 1973. COD. B2128CHACON, NESTOR; INFORME GEOLOGICO TUCO-CHIRA, CIA. MINERA LA GIRONDINA S.A. INGEMMET - COOPERACION MINERA PERUANO ALEMANA, NOVIEMBRE 1979. BANCO MINERO

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10086769 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.96462, -77.20808

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