Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold, Lead, Zinc
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlVein Ructures Are Fault And Shear Zones Of Probably Small Displacement And Vein Material Was Deposited In Open Fissures And Breccia Cavities With Only Minor Replacement Of Wall Rock. Quartz And Pyrite Are The Most Abundant Minerals. Tetrahedrite And Sphalerite Are The Dominant Ore Minerals, Accompanied By Minor Amounts Of Galena And Chalcopyrite. Rhodochrosite, Boulangerite, And Arsenopyrite Are Presen Some Veins.
Materials
Ore mineralsBoulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Sandstone,Limestone · Chimu Formation;Carhuaz Formation;Goyllarisquisga Formation (Aptian);Albian
StructureFolds And Faults
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationSericitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1924
Discovery year1775
Identification
Deposit ID10068976
MRDS IDW002255
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-7.60638, -78.48311
References
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