Junin
Producer

San Vincente North and San Vicente South

Junin, Peru
LeadZincSilver
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Description

J. Carpena Monroy

Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES, MANTOS
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Pucara Group
StructureWestern Limb Of Anticline Trending N170e, With Numerous N50e And N140e Normal Faults
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10079718
MRDS IDW029816
Alternate names3 Intermedio, Manto Names: Jesus, Ayala, 3 Techo, 3 Piso
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-11.22679, -75.41192
References
BELLIDO BRAVO,E. AND DE MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.122, ED. MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIAARGALL JR., GEORGE O., 1975, SAN VICENTE-HIGH GRADE ZINC MINE IN PERUVIAN JUNGLE, P.40 TO 40, WORLD MINING, JAN.1975SCHULZ, GOERT-GUIDO, 1973, DIE SCHICHTGEBUNDENE ZINKBLENDELAGERSTAETTE SAN VICENTE IN PERU, P.284 TO 289, ERZMETAL, JUN. 1973MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.U.S. EMBASSY, LIMA, REPORTS 8/82, 5/15/85ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 222.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1982, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 361.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1984, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 312.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1985, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 291.FONTBOTE, L. AND GORZAWSKI, H., 1990, GENESIS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE ZN-PB DEPOSIT OF SAN VICENTE, CENTRAL PERU: GEOLOGIC AND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1402-1437.CIMRIAMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; U.S. EMBASSY, E&MJ; FONTBOTE AND GORZAWSKI (1990)