Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFissures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Jumasha Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFolded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Nw Trending Dikes Intrude Area
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationLimestone And Dike Rocks Are Pyritized; Altered Phenocrysts Of Dike Rock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10080297
MRDS IDW031411
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.52214, -77.10531
References
BODENLOS, A. J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAY HUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017CIMRIBODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).