Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFractures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Jumasha Limestone;
StructureFolded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Four Nw Trending Dikes Intrude Area
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationHydrothermally Altered Intrusive Rock And Pyritized Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10080287
MRDS IDW031401
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.51575, -77.09114
References
BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 PCIMRI