Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlSee Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Sandstone · Goyllarisquisga Formation, S. S. Quartzite;Machay Group-Limestone
StructureCountry Rock Is A Coal-Bearing Quartzitic Sandstone, Probably Of The Goyllarisquisga Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Overlain By A Thick Limestone Unit (Machay Group). To The South Of The Delores De La Boya Mine The Sedimentary Rocks Are Intruded By A Large Stock Or Dike Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry. The Porphyry Consists Of Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase (An 35-60), Green Hornblende, And A Little Quartz In A Fine-Grained Feldspar-Quartz Groundmass That Constitutes About Half The Rock.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1677
Identification
Deposit ID10068915
MRDS IDW002189
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-7.00641, -78.28311
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 620PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905D, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y CARBONIFEROS DE LA PROVINCIA DE CELENDIN: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 32, P. 21-321960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPMETALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972