Description
Spanish Conquistadores
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureMany Veins And Shear Zones Strike N60e To E And Dip Steeply Nw To Se, Cerro Jesus Pluton
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1771
Last production1950
Discovery year1771
Identification
Deposit ID10080319
MRDS IDW031435
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-6.33144, -78.66646
References
ERICKSEN, G. E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P