Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAltaite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Sphene, Zircon
Geology
Host rockSlate,Limestone · Tumasha Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Yauricocha Stock
StructureAnticline Plunging 50se, Slate Bed Forms Core And Is Locally Sheared And Crushed.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10065203
MRDS IDTC40302
Alternate namesPurisima Concepcion Oeste
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-12.31452, -75.73304
References
ALVAREZ,A.A., AND NOBLE, D.C., 1988, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS HOSTED PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION AT PURISIMA CONCEPCION, YAURUCOCHA DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1368-1378.NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.CIMRIALVAREZ AND NOBLE (1988).