Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFissures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueFluorite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Jumasha Limestone;
StructureFolded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Limestone Cut By A Ramified And Branching Dike System
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationSilicified Limestone, Altered Feldspars In Dike.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10080289
MRDS IDW031403
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.53575, -77.08558
References
BODERLOS, 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).