| Location: | Cajamarca, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -7.21474, -78.80812 |
| dep_id: | 10068757 |
| mrds_id: | W002002 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Aluminum |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Unknown |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bauxite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Ankerite, Barite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 106: Epithermal vein, Creede |
| alteration: | Plagioclase Feldspar To Sericite, Calcite, Epidote - Pyroxene Chloritized |
| ore_ctrl: | Within The Ore Shoots Of Marcielago Vein The Thicker Part Of The Vein Tend To Occur Where Strike Swings To The North. |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Andesite |
| arock_unit: | Goyllarisquiso Formation; |
| arock_type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Faults Of Small Displacement - Very Little Post Mineral Movement Along The Veins |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1952 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1700 |
| prod_yrs: | 1952-1968 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS F. S. 1955, THE LEAD-ZINC VEINS OF CHILETE MINING DISTRICT IN NORTHERN PERU; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 50 NO. 4 - P. 399-419
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: 1924 DIREXPL NORTHERN PERU MINING AND SMELTING
- Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP FRANK SIMONS - PUBLISHED REPORT
- Deposit:: SEE REFERENCES
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
- Production:: FRANK SIMONS 1960 UNPUBLISH REPORT P. 1063
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