Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Chabuca Ore Deposits Are Irregular Steep-Dipping En Echelon Veins In Volcanic Rocks. The Veins Contain Mainly Coarse-Grained Argentiferous Galena With Some Cerrusite And Iron Oxide. Ore Assays 7% Pb And 60 Grams Of Silver Per Ton.
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rockAndesite
StructureAt Chabuca, Sandstone And Quartzite Of Possible Late Paleozoic Age Are Overlain By Volcanic Rocks Correlated With Tacaza-Sillapaca Volcanics Of The Arequipa-Puno Area And Are Intruded By Porphyritic Trachyandesite Or Andesite.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10068950
MRDS IDW002227
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-13.77279, -70.75791
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1124PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969DUENAS, ENRIQUE, 1907, ASPECTO MINERO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DEL CUZCO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 53, P. 116-120FORT, MICHEL, 1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL ANO DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 2, V. 15, P. 615) LOSTANAU, LEOPOLDO, 1928, INFORME SOBRE EL MINERAL DE CHIMBOYA: LA VIDA MINERA, V. 1, P. 87-89.1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPFRANK SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.