Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlHigh Grade Ore Bodies Are In Strong Post-Garnet Fracture Zones And May Be Connected By Zones Of Disseminated Sulfides.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Machay Group, Limestone & Interbedded Shale
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
StructureFaulting West Of Magistral - Pelagatos Fault Nnw.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationLimestone To Garnet And Silicates, Shale To Pyroxenea N30 Goyllarisquisga Formation - Lower Cretaceous, Sandstone And Quartzite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1908
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10068770
MRDS IDW002018
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-8.19802, -77.78309
References
PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 19691960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORESTIMATED BY REPORTER 3/73