Description
Known To Incas And Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlOres Occur Exclusively In Fine- To Medium-Grained Siliciclastic Rocks Within A Fault-Controlled, Second-Order Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsAlabandite, Antimony, Argentite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Breithauptite, Cubanite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Pyroxene, Quartz, Rhodonite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Sandstone,Chert · Padrioc Formation;;;
Associated rockGranite · Aguilar Granite
StructureDuring Mineralization: Growth Faults And Slumping In A Shallow Marine Basin. Post-Ore: Two Phases Of Gentle, Open Folding (Lord?, Mpal-Lpal?), E-W Compression And Extension (Ljur-Ecret), Intrusion With Local Doming And Fracturing (Ecret), Thrust-Faulting (Ltert), On East Limb Of A Post-Ore N-S Trending Syncline, Bounded, Deformed, And Disrupted By Post-Ore Folding, Faulting, And Intrusion
Tectonic settingShallow-Marine Basin Of Unknown Setting
AlterationPrimary Alteration Is Obscured By Post-Ore Pyroxene-Hornblende Facies Contact Metamorphism Caused By Intrusion Of Ecret Aguilar Granite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1936-
First production1936
Discovery year1650
Identification
Deposit ID10068815
MRDS IDW002073
Alternate namesAguilar, Hamahuaca Mine
RegionSA
Data scoreA
Coordinates-23.19752, -65.7161
References
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