| Location: | Huancavelica, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -12.46452, -74.49968 |
| dep_id: | 10068758 |
| mrds_id: | W002003 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
| Trace mineral: | Antimony, Arsenic |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stannite |
| gangue: | Actinolite, Barite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Scapolite, Siderite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| model: | 59: Skarn Cu |
| conc_proc: | Oxidation 20 To 40 Meters And Supergene Enrichment, Limonite, Chalcocite, Covelite And Some Native Copper. |
| ore_ctrl: | Stratigraphic (Limestone Unit In Shale And Sandy Shale) |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Copacabana Formation;Mitu Group; |
| hrock_type: | Alluvium |
| arock_unit: | Cobriza Batholith |
| arock_type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Coris Anticline N. 45 W. And Fracture Systems Nw-Se; N-S And E-W., Cobriza Fault Displacing The Mineralized Zone 350 M And Several Other Faults Of Variable Strikes And Dips. |
| Year first produced: | 1967 |
| disc_yr: | 1866 |
| discr: | Antonio Raimondi, Known Since Colonial Times |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PETERSON U. 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU ECON. GEOL. VOL. 60 NO. 3 P. 407-476
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND DE MONTREUIL., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P. 123, ED. MINISTER10 DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA.
- Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
- 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. 135-136.
- Deposit:: CAHOON, B.G., 1970, GEOLOGIA DE LA MINA COBRIZA IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS OPERADOS PAR LA CERRO DE PASCO, P. 41-61 IN 1ST CONGRESSO LATINO AMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, NOVEMBER 22-29, 1970, LIMA, PERU.
- Deposit:: 1926 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1966 CERRO DE PASCO
- Production:: MINING ENGINEERING NOV. 1969 VOL. 21 NO. 11 P. 62; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)
- Reserve-Resource:: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY ON MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977
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