Description
Spanish Colonials
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN, EPITHERMAL
Deposit sizeS
Geology
AlterationPOTASSIC, SERICITE, ADULARIA
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1779
Identification
Deposit ID60001479
MRDS IDTC40324
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-15.25165, -72.33292
References
PETERSON, E.U., PETERSON, U., AND HACKBORTH, C.J., 1990, ORE ZONING AND TETRAHEDRITE COMPOSITION VARIATION AT ORCOPAMPA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1491-1503.GIBSON, P.C., NOBLE, D.C., AND LARSON, L.T., 1990, MULTISTAGE EVOLUTION OF THE CALERA EPITHERMAL AG-AU VEIN SYSTEM, ORCOPAMPA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PERU, FIRST RESULTS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1504-1519.NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.