Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryGold, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueFluorite, Opal, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Jumasha Limestone;Goyllarisquisga
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFolded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Limestone Forms A Broad Anticline To The East And A Sharp Syncline To The West. Intruded By Stocks, Dikes
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationLimestone And Dike Rocks Are Slightly Silicified And Pyritized.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Identification
Deposit ID10080290
MRDS IDW031404
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-9.5313, -77.13308
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.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, PT. 3, P. 784.ENGINERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, P. 94.AMERICAN EMBASSY, LIMA, 5/15/85, P. 22.USBM (1981), E/MJ (1984)