Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Gold, Copper, Silver
SecondaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlThe Oldest Rocks Are Strongly Folded Quartzite, Shale, And Conglomerate Of Early Cretaceous Age That Strike About East. These Rocks Predominate In The Western Part Of The Area. They Are Intruded By A Series Of Igneous Rocks That Includes Dark Diorite Porphyry; Granodiorite Composed Of Feldspar, Biotite, And Hornblende In A Light Greenish Gray Groundmass. A Fine-Grained Gray Altered Andesite Porphyry With Disseminated Pyrite Crops Out Along The South Edge Of The Area
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueClay, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate,Dacite,Granite · Quartzite, Shale, Conglomerate
StructureAll The Rocks Are Cut By Vertical Joints Striking East, And By Several Strong Steep-Dipping Faults That Strike Approximately East And Are The Vein Structures.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1677
Identification
Deposit ID10068911
MRDS IDW002184
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-7.38139, -78.69979
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 613PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 19691960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972