Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Toquepala (Andesite)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1948
Identification
Deposit ID10063916
MRDS IDTC38025
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-17.72377, -70.47679
References
U.S. AGENCY FO RINTERNATIONAL 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 SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 885. WILSON, J> AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PACHIA Y PALCA: COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL V. 4, P. 71CIMRI