Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Rocks Of Cerro Azoguine Are, From Oldest To Youngest, 500 Meters Of Conglomerate And Quartzite (Jurassic?); Cretaceous Limestone; Tertiary Sandstone And Conglomerate; Tertiary Red Beds; And Basalt Flows. According To Torres, The Ore Deposits Are Veins Striking East Or South. They Contain Red And Yellow Clay And Iron And Copper Sulfates, And Assay As Much As 9% Copper With Less Than 100 Grams Silver Per Ton. Apparently The Ore That Was Mined Contained About 1% Quicksilver.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1650
Identification
Deposit ID10068939
MRDS IDW002216
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-15.80605, -70.02456
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1590PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969ESPINOZA, ROBERTO, 1944, INFORME SOBRE EL MUESTREO DE LAS LABORES EXISTENTES EN EL CERRO AZOGUINE, PUNO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 130, P. 89-95TORRES VARGAS, DAVID, 1942, EL MERCURIO DE PUNO Y EL MAGNESIO DEL VALLE DE CHICAMA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 128, 57 P.1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972