Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlLimestone Striking East And Dipping North Is Intruded By Two Vertical Dikes 8-12 M Wide Of Porphyritic Dacite That Strike More Or Less North. Along The West Side Of The Western Dike, Galena, Sphalerite, Iron Oxide, Quartz, And Barite Replace Limestone. The Ore Assays 5-25% Pb, 50-500 Grams Of Silver Per Ton. In A Zone 10-60 Cm Wide And 80 M Long. In Another Manto 40-150 M Thick And 30 M Long The Ore Assays 1-15% Pb, 5-15% Zn And 100-300 G/Ton/Ag In 1956
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dacite
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsDATA FOR 1956 OR EARLIER
Identification
Deposit ID10068974
MRDS IDW002253
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-12.73117, -75.04136
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1199PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV.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