Description
Spanish Colonization
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
TertiaryGold, Tin, Tungsten, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsAlabandite, Argentite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Electrum, Enargite, Galena, Hessite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stephanite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
GangueAlbite, Anhydrite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Sericite, Talc, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Andesite · Machay Group, Limestone;Barremian Shl, Sst, & Limestone;Santa Formation
Associated rockPlutonic Rock
StructureN. 25 Deg W. Folds, Overturned Syncline To Southwest That Plunges S40e; Thrust Faults, N30-40w, 40-60sw And Steeply Dipping N20e And N80e Faults
AlterationSericitization, Epidotization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1925
Discovery year1721
Identification
Deposit ID10068763
MRDS IDW002010
Alternate namesSan Jose De Huanzala
RegionSA
Data scoreA
Coordinates-9.87295, -76.98307
References
BODENLOS A. T., ERICKSEN G. E. 1955. LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017 - P. 108-110PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 322.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 292.IMAI, H., KAWASAKI, M., YAMAGUCHI, M., AND TAKAHASH, M., 1985, MINERALIZATION AND PARAGENESIS OF THE HUANZALA MINE, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, P. 461-478.MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1993, P. 183.1955 GEOLMAP A. T. BODENLOS, G. E. ERICKSEN - USGS BULL. 10171960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORTCIMRIU.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4 P. 589; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; MINING MAGAZINE (1993)