Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlFissures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Jumasha Limestone;
StructureFolded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Intrusive Dike Or Sill At Least 20 Meters Thick, Traceable 600 Meters
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationLimestone And Intrusive Rock Are Pyritized In Places.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1948
Identification
Deposit ID10080298
MRDS IDW031412
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.51853, -77.09003
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).