Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueGraphite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureMassive Bedded Quartzite On The West Limb Of Closely Folded Syncline. Four Shear Zones Are Cut By The Crosscut On The Main Level Of The Mine.
Tectonic settingAndes
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107372
MRDS IDW031429
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-9.29715, -77.32781
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).