Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryTin, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Ferberite, Galena, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone · Ambo Group
StructureVeins Are Associted With Small Rhyolitic Stocks Of Miocene Age Related To Post-Caldera Faults., Superimposed Upon Overturned Anticline Of Wsw Verging Folds And Thrusts.
Tectonic settingMesozoic-Cenozoic Convergent Plate Margin.
AlterationChloritic, Biotitic, Sericitic, Argillic.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1979
Last production1985
Identification
Deposit ID10106701
MRDS IDDE00353
Alternate namesPalca Xi, Minera Regina, Palca 11
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-14.70832, -69.67844
References
HYDE, D.M., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF PERU, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1983, VOL. III, AREA REPORTS: INTERNATIONAL, P. 591-606.WILLIG, C.D., AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, PAPER PRESENTED AT THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, SPAIN, 36 P.KONTAK, D.J., AND CLARK, A.H., 1985, EXPLORATION CRITERIA FOR SN AND W MINERALIZATION IN THE CORDILLERA ORIENTAL OF S.E. PERU IN R.P. TAYLOR AND D.F. STRONG (EDS.), GRANITE-RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS: GEOLOGY PETROGENESIS AND TECTONIC SETTING, CIM GEOLOGY DIVISION, PROGRAM OF EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, P. 173-178.WILLIG, C.D. AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN IN MPR PUBLISHING LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN; 1985, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, MAY 1985, P. 58-85.ANUARIO MINERO - COMMERCIAL, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU 1985/86, VOL. 22, LIMA EDITORES TECNICOS ASSOCIADOS S.A.FARRAR, E., YAMAMURA, B.K., AND CLARK, A.H., 1990, 40 AR/39AR AGES OF MAGMATISM AND TUNGSTEN - POLYMETALLIC MINERALIZATION, PALCA 11, CHOQUENE DISTRICT, SOUTHEASTERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1669-1676.U.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOK 1984, "PERU". FARRAR AND OTHERS (1990).