Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThere Are Three Principal Vein Systems, Which Are Persistent And Fairly Wide Fissure Fillings, Containing Sphalerite And Galena In A Gangue Of Rhodochrosite And Quartz. Wall Rock In The So-Called Main Vein Is Moderately Seriticized And Kaolinized. Post Mineral Faults Are Common. In The West Section Of This So-Called Main Vein, 187,500 Tons Of Ore Were Developed, Averaging 2.5% Lead, 2.4% Zinc, And 770 Grams Of Silver Per Ton (Simons, Frank, 1960)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureCountry Rock At Condoroma Is Mainly Light Purple Porphyritic Andesite Flow Breccia With Small Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase And Quartz And Numerous Fragments. The Breccia Shows Nearly Horizontal Flow Layering And May Be Slightly Folded Anticlinally.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1677
Identification
Deposit ID10068957
MRDS IDW002234
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-15.24774, -71.16626
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1126PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969POSTH, C., 1893-94, ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA MINERIA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE PUNO: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 9, P. 51-53, 61-63, SER. 1, V. 10, P. 51-54, 61-631960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ; 2-4) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972