Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Molybdenum
SecondarySilver
TertiaryGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN,STOCKWORK PORPYHRY
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureNW TRENDING FAULTS AND BRECCIA ZONES, THE LOCI OF MUNDO NUEVO TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS
AlterationPYRITIZATION AND SILICIFICATION OF WALLROCKUTER ARGILLIC ZONE., ALL IGNEOUS ROCKS PYRITIZED AND PROPYLITIZED. IN MOLYBDENUM ZONE, THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND SHALE ARE ALTERED TO SERICITE (PHYLLIC ZONE) AS CORE WITH AN OUTER ARGILLIC ZONE.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1912
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID60001591
MRDS IDW002024
Alternate namesLa Negra Zone, Compacha, Veins Include El Pueblo, El Chorro, El Toro, San Fernando, Victoria
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-8.04523, -78.96649
References
PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969HEINTZE, L., 1985, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY STOCKWORK MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT AT TAMBORAS, LA NEGRA ZONE (PERU): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, P. 2019-2027.HOLLISTER, Y.F., 1975, THE PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT OF COMPACCHA, PERU, AND ITS GEOLOGIC SETTING: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 10, P. 141-151.