| Lat / long: | -17.03102, -70.73291 |
| Primary: | Copper, Molybdenum |
| Tertiary: | Gold, Silver |
| Ore: | Enargite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Orebody form: | CIRCULAR ON TOP SPLITS IN DEPTHS |
| Discovery year: | 1942 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host rock: | Gray Or Black Shale, Sandstone & Quartzite;Mara Formation, Red Shale, Siltstone & Sandstone;Ferrobamba Limestone;Red To Maroon Shale, Shaly Sandstone & Sandstone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Andesitic & Basaltic Lavas Underlain By Tuff;Olivine Basalt;Porphyritic Rhyolite;Porphyritic Andesite & Rhyolite Flows; Mineralization |
| Associated type: | Hornblendite |
| Alteration processes: | Intense Silicification - Sericitization - Argillization Near The Ore Loci And Grading Outward Into Argillization And Finally Into Unaltered Rock. The Regional Alteration Halo Is 2 To 3 Kilometers Wide. Areas Of Strong Alteration Are Not Necessarily Coincident With High Copper Content But In General Are Restricted To The Immediate Vicinity Of The Ore Body. |
| MRDS | W002006 |
| DEP | 10068760 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: MCMAHON A. D. 1965, COPPER A MATERIAL SURVEY; USBM IC 8225 P. 63}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES *OLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1972; LES DIMENSIONES DES GISEMENTS DE CUIVRE DU MONDE: B.R.G.M. MEMOIRE NO. 57 400P 5 PLATES}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA ET MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT} |
| Reporter | Goudarzi, Gus H. |