San Jose Del Banco Mine

PE / Huancaveli

•-9.86045, -76.98724View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

San Jose Del Banco Mine is a historic mining site in Huancavelica, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Goyllarisquizga (Shale, Sandstone), within the Andes setting. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite; gangue is recorded as Quartz. Workings are surface.

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Found Here

ChalcopyriteCopperGalenaPyriteQuartzSilverSphaleriteTetrahedrite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Goyllarisquizga — Shale, Sandstone
Associated rock: Rhyolite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Tectonic setting: Andes

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteGalenaPyriteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

Gangue minerals

Quartz

Structure

Complex Folds And Faults Trending N 20 To 35 W

Ore control

Fractures And Shear Zones

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Workings: Surface
Production size: Small
Last production: 1925

Records and references

Cited references

BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 PCIMRIBODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10080294 — view the source record

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Location on Map

Coordinates: -9.86045, -76.98724

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