Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryLead
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Capalina;Junerata
Associated rockDiorite
StructureFault, Two Post Mineral Transverse Faults Displace The Veins 2 M.
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10063914
MRDS IDTC38022
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.63934, -70.06623
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V.2, INFORME PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150.SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 885.VARGAS, A.; 1972. ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE LA UNIDAD CAPLINA-TACNA: SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD.B5011.CIMRIVARGAS (1972)