Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlOre Deposits Are An Intricate System Of Veins Along Faults And Shear Zones.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Argentite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueHematite, Kaolin, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Rhyolite
StructureCountry Rock Is Slightly Folded Rhyolite-Trachyte Volcanic Rocks, Overlying Folded Rhyolite-Rhyodacite Volcanics And Intruded By Tabular Body Of Porphyritic Rhyolite 200 Meters Or So Thick, And By Irregular Masses Of Breccia.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationSilicification, Kaolinization, And Propylitization.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1677
Identification
Deposit ID10065553
MRDS IDTC40901
Alternate namesTicapampa, Workings Names: Huran, Triunfo, La Salteada, San Julio, Uchpapucro,, San Jose On Collaracra Vein.
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.76629, -77.49198
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1014.PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969.RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1873, EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCACHS Y SUS RIQUEZAS MINERALES: LIMA, IMPRENTA EL NACIONAL, P. 60, 404-411, 1913, P. 151.BODENLOS, ALFRED, J., AND STRACZEC, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, P. 64-69.1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.CIMRIF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969, 1972.