Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper
SecondaryLead, Silver
TertiaryTungsten, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlE-Sector Mainly Veins, W-Sector Mainly Pipes And Stratabound. District Regionally Zoned.
Materials
Ore mineralsAlabandite, Arsenic, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Greenockite, Huebnerite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Proustite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite, Wolframite
GangueAlunite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Serpentine, Siderite, Talc
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Excelsior Group;Casapalca Formation;Goyllarisquisga Formation (Santa Toribo Formation);Purcara Group (Potosi Formation)
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite · Catalina Volcanics;San Francisco , Potosi, And Gertrudis Stocks
StructureNorthwest Plunging Anticline, Anticona Intrusive, Gertrudis Intrusive, San Francisco Intrusive, Potosi Intrusive, Veins
AlterationRecrystallization And Dolomitization Of Limestone; Anhydrous Silicate Skarn And Hornfels Development, Hydrated Silicate Alteration Composed Of Serpentine, Talc, And Chlorite; Anhydrite-Gypsum Replacing Limestones And Associated Collapse Breccias.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10079730
MRDS IDW029832
RegionSA
Data scoreA
Coordinates-11.54788, -76.13305
References
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