Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryAntimony
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN AND REPLACEMENT (POLYMETALLIC BASE METAL)
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlFISSURE VEINS FOLLOWING CROSS-FAULTS IN REPLACEMENT VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS, OR IN IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODIES IN LIMESTONE
Geology
StructureIGNEOUS DIKES AND SILLS, TIGHT FOLDING (AXIAL PLANES TREND N 20 TO 30 W), STEEP DIPS, AND MANY BEDDING FAULTS
AlterationLIMESTONE IS SILICIFIED, GARNETIZED AND EPIDOTIZED IN SOME PLACES. MOST VEINS HAVE A SURFACE COATING OF IRON OXIDE
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID60001829
MRDS IDW031414
Alternate namesBonanza, Susana, Monte Cristo, Aida, San Samuel, Fabulosa, La Esperanza, Misericordia, Blanquita, Agustin, Rosita, Cloridelia Mines and Prospects
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-10.21464, -76.94974
References
PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 145-146.BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSON, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 P.