Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueAlabandite, Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Rhyolite
StructureThe Buena Cashma Mine Is In Folded Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks Just Ne Of A Contact With Flat-Lying Tertiary Volcanic Rocks. The Contact Is Intruded Nw Of Buena Cashma And N Of Mangan By A Stock Of Porphyritic Andesite. The Mangan Vein Is Enclosed In Rhyolite Flows And Welded Tuff With Some Sandstone And Conglomerate.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationSilicification, Propylitization, Sericitization, Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10068902
MRDS IDW002174
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.30409, -77.78504
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 534PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: 365 P. LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL, P. 64-65BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1040, P. 124-127.PFLUCKER, LUIS A., 1906, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO DE AIJAY CALLEYCANCHA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU, BOL., NO. 36, P. 28-291960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972