A lead-zinc mine with a 1,200 tons/day capacity. Operated by Cia. Minera Santa Luisa, owned by Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. (Japan).
Famous for excellent pyrite and fluorite specimens.
Refs.: (in part):
- Belsher, D.O. (1982): Pink Octahedral Fluorite from Peru. Mineralogical Record 13, 29-30 + 38
Mining Annual Review(1985):353
Rocks & Min.: 60:228.
The Mineralogical Record: 28: 37-62.