Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Molybdenum
Deposit
Deposit typeSKARN, (FISSURE VEINS), DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFAULTS AND SHEAR ZONES; DISSEMINATED CU DEPOSIT IN CONTACT ALTERATION ZONE
Geology
StructureANTICLINE, CONCEALED PLUTON, CORDILLERA BLANCA BATHOLITH OF LATE TERTIARY AGE
AlterationINTRUSIVE AT MARGINS, CHLORITIZED, SERICITIZED, EPITOTIZED.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1492
Identification
Deposit ID60001827
MRDS IDW031400
Alternate namesRecompensa, Casualidad, Rosita De Oro, Barron, Poderosa, Santa Rosa, Julia Elosia, Putapuquio, Pallares, Fortuna, San Francisco
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-9.53187, -77.09395
References
BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1017, 166 P.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, 1984, P. 82.MINING JOURNAL, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING JOURNAL APRIL 1993, P. 182.PETERSEN, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.