Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlOre Deposits Are An Intricate System Of Veins Along Faults And Shear Zones. Ore Minerals Are Zoned Vertically, With Galena-Quartz Ore Abundant At Higher Levels And Sphalerite-Arsenopyrite-Carbonate More Common At Depth.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Dacite
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationSilicification, Kaolinization, And Propylitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1677
Identification
Deposit ID10068979
MRDS IDW002260
Alternate namesVeins: Huancapeti, Alsacia, Carpa, Ticapampa
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.76129, -77.53337
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1014PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1873, EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCACHS Y SUS RIQUEZAS MINERALES: LIMA, IMPRENTA EL NACIONAL, P. 60, 404-411, 1913, P. 151BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, P. 64-691960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).