| Location: | Pasco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -10.53236, -76.19555 |
| dep_id: | 10068751 |
| mrds_id: | W001993 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Alabandite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Tennantite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Limonite, Phlogopite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
| alteration: | Silicification Most Common; Argillization |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Pucara Formation;Goyllarisquisga Formation;Mitu Group; |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Nitu Group;Nitu Group;Mitu Group; |
| arock_type: | Diorite,Sandstone,Limestone,Chert,Dacite |
| Structure: | Strongly Folded Rocks Cut By Normal And Reverse Faults And A Cross Fold In Limestone Above Atacocha Mine. East Limb Of Anticline East Of Mine And South Plunging Syncline West Of Mine Separated By Thrust (Reverse Fault)., The Atacocha Fault And An Assymetrical South Plunging Syncline |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1936 |
| disc_yr: | 1677 |
| discr: | Diaz |
| References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, R. F. 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE ATACOCHA MINE, DEPARTMENT OF PASCO, PERU. ECON. GEOL. VOL. 50, NO. 3, P. 249-270
- 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. 147-151.
- Deposit:: COMMINIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.
- Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 84-87.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.F., LEWIS, R.W., JR., AND ABELE C., G., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ATACOCHA DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE PASCO, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 975 E, P. 337-384.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON R.F., LEWIS R.W., AND GUILLERMO, A.C., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ATACOCHA DISTRICT, DEPARTMENTO DE PASCO, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
- Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE SIMONS F. S. UNPUBLISHED REPORT
- Deposit:: 1929 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP JOHNSON R. F. AND LEWIS R. W. - USGS BULL. 975E
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: 1-7) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; 8 AND 9) AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; 1985-1990 IS CAVANAUGH AND GLO(1991). JOHNSON (1955). JOHNSON AND OTHERS (1955).
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