| Lat / long: | -11.6751, -76.09389 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1677 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1948 |
| Host rock: | Pucara Formation |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Excelsior Shale;Mitu Formation;Catalina Volcanics;Goyllarisquisga Formation;Machay Formation;Carahuacra Intrusive |
| Associated type: | Phyllite,Shale,Black Shale,Sandstone,Arkose,Limestone |
| Structure: | Yauli Anticline With N33-40w Axis (Tertiary) And Pre-Tertiary Folding In Excelsior Shale. Chumpe Anticline Is The Principle Structure In The Area With A Northwest Trend. It Is Superimposed On The South Part Of The Yauli Dome. |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Alteration processes: | Dolomitization With Minimum Width Of 11 M. |
| MRDS | TC40349 |
| DEP | 10065241 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LYONS, W.A., 1968, THE GEOLOGY OF THE CARAHUACRA MINE, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 63, NO. 3, P. 247-256.}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 151-155.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS-UNPUBLISHED REPOR}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: 2)INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977.} |
| Reporter | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E. |