Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Silver, Gold, Cadmium
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlTension Ene Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Polybasite, Proustite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite
GangueBarite, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Siderite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Finlandia Formation;Lower Colqui Formation;Middle Colqui Formation;Upper Colqui Formation;Lourdes Formation
Associated rockAndesite · Ustro Formation;Llicpe, Grande, Sasca, Piti Stocks
AlterationDistrict Wide Propylitic Alteration, Near Finlandia Vein Changes To Argillic And Closer To Quartz-Sericite Alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1956
Identification
Deposit ID10079728
MRDS IDW029829
Alternate namesSan Juan, Lourdes, Yau-Yau, Maria Teresa, Veins, Colqui, Ivonne Cobre, Gaby, Vermouth, Finlandia Vein, Quinarcan
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-11.54871, -76.46306
References
BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND DE MONTREUIL D., L.,1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.74, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIAENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINES 1979, P. 321.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINES 1985, P. 291.HEALD, P., FOLEY, N. K, AND HAYBA, D.O., 1987, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF VOLCANIC HOSTED EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS: ACID-SULFATE AND ADULARIA-SERICITE TYPES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, P. 1-26.KAMILLI, R.J., AND OHMOTO, H., 1977, PARAGENESIS, ZONING, FLUID INCLUSION, AND ISOTOPIC STUDIES OF THE FINLANDIA VEIN, COLQUI DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 950-982.E&MJ (1979), WORLD DIRECTORY (1984); CUMULATIVE DATA FROM KAMILLI AND OHMOTO (1977).