Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryZinc, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueFluorite, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Jumasha;
StructureFolded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Intrusive Dikes Cut By Branching, Crosscutting Fractures And Shear Zones
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationLimestone Is Partly Serpentinized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10080288
MRDS IDW031402
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.52269, -77.08781
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 PCIMRIBODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).