Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
SecondaryGold, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlCountry Rock Is Blackish Shale (Copacabana Group, Pennsylvanian-Permian), Intruded By Small Masses Of Granitic Rock To The Se. The Principal Vein, San Julian, Contains Galena, Pyrite, And A Little Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, And Chalcopyrite In A Sparse Gangue Of Quartz And Carbonate. Vein Walls Are Sheared.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Granite · Capacabana Group, Black Shale
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10068975
MRDS IDW002254
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-12.59784, -74.44135
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1200PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969DUENAS, ENRIQUE, 1908, FISIONOMIA MINERA DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE TAYACAJA, ANGARAES Y HUANCAVELICA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 62, P. 44-501960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972