Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlThe Veins In General Contain Banded Or Drusy Quartz With Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Polybasite, And Probably Other Silver Sulfosalts, And Gold. High Grade Vein Material Is Often Brecciated And Contains Mainly White Quartz, Whereas Lower Grade Ore May Have Jasper Or Amethystine Quartz With Stringers Of Pyrite And Sphalerite.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueJasper, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureMine Area Underlain By Andesitic Lavas And Pyroclastic Rocks That Dip 10 Deg-40 Deg Sw. Sandstone And Shale Of Mesozoic Age Are Reported. These Rocks Are Cut By An Extensive Fault-Vein System, Striking N60w, Dipping Steeply Sw. The Outcrop Patterns Of Veins Suggest That The Vein Fissures May Have Originated As Tension Fractures Between Two Principal Nw Striking Shear Zones, Carmen-Corona-Santa Ursula To The Ne And Potosi Ramal Structure To The Sw.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1940
Identification
Deposit ID10068901
MRDS IDW002173
Alternate namesSuykutambo
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-15.09775, -71.71627
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 517PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPCIMRIF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972