Commodities
PrimaryAntimony, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlCountry Rock Is Volcanic, Probably Tertiary Age, In Contact With Shale. A Series Of Narrow Irregular Veins Are Enclosed In Volcanic Rock And Appear To Die Out Where They Enter Shale. Vein Material Is Stibnite And Wolframite In A Gangue Of Quartz And Subordinate Calcite. The Ore Averages 2-3% Antimony And 1% Or So Tungsten.
Materials
Ore mineralsStibnite, Wolframite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years2) 1956-7
Identification
Deposit ID10068986
MRDS IDW002267
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-13.76446, -70.79958
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1616PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV.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