Victoria Mine

PE / Áncash

•-9.90267, -77.08085View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Victoria Mine is a historic mining site in Huanuco, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Limestone. Reported specimens include Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite; logged ore minerals are Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite; gangue is recorded as Quartz.

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Found Here

PyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Limestone
Associated rock: Diorite

Ore minerals

PyriteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

Gangue minerals

Quartz

Structure

E Side Of Broad Anticline Crest With Bed Striking N25e, Dipping 26 Se

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 PCIMRIBODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065726 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.90267, -77.08085

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