Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
Associated rockHornblendite
AlterationVein Has Alteration Envelope
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1890
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10063910
MRDS IDTC38017
Alternate namesDescubridora, Casavetto, Lluta, Sircana
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.83266, -70.12956
References
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150. BANCO MINERO - UNPUBLISHED DATA SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 884. WILSON, J., AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRAGULOS DE PACHIA Y PALCA: PERU COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 4, P. 71CIMRISIMONS (1960)