Ancash
Producer

Pasto Bueno District

Ancash, Peru
TungstenSilverZincLeadCopper
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Description

Jose J. Bravo, Previously Minor Silver District During Colonial Period.

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN
Model46: W veins
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureN - NW TRENDING REVERSE FAULTS AND HIGH ANGLE FAULTS., LATE TERTIARY GRANITE AND INTRUDED JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS SHALE AND QUARTZITE.
AlterationSERICITIZATION NEAR VEINS AND SILICIFICATION, SERICITIZATION NEAR VEINS AND SILICIFICATION; OUTWARD FROM STOCK ALKALIC, PHYLLITIC-SERICITIC, ARGILLIC, PROPYLITIC. MINOR AMOUNTS OF GREISEN MINERALS CUT ALTERATION (ZINNWALDITE, FLUORITE, TOPAZ, TOURMALINE, AXINITE, AND BERYL).
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID60001592
MRDS IDW002026
Alternate namesPasto Nuevo Mine, Areas Huayllapan, Huaura, Consuzo, Camp Pasto Bueno, Maciste, Santa Rosa, Virgen De Lourdes, Consuelo, Colorado, Maria Ofelia, Chabuca, Manuelita, Noreste, Peligro, Santa Isable, El Cable, Berlin (Altar), Milagro, Jajarajao, Pichusa, Buitre, Estrella, Maciste-Atomica, Gatita-Alfonso
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-8.12303, -77.69146
References
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