| Location: | Huanuco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -9.87295, -76.98307 |
| dep_id: | 10068763 |
| mrds_id: | W002010 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Bismuth |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Alabandite, Argentite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Electrum, Enargite, Galena, Hessite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stephanite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite |
| gangue: | Albite, Anhydrite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Sericite, Talc, Vesuvianite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| alteration: | Sericitization, Epidotization |
| conc_proc: | Early Stage Mineralization Of Pyritization Followed By Middle Stage Pb-Zn Skarn Followed By Late Stage Cu And Ag-Sn-W Mineralization. Essentially A Skarn With A Hydrothermal Overprint. |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Machay Group, Limestone;Barremian Shl, Sst, & Limestone;Santa Formation |
| hrock_type: | Limestone,Andesite |
| arock_type: | Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | N. 25 Deg W. Folds, Overturned Syncline To Southwest That Plunges S40e; Thrust Faults, N30-40w, 40-60sw And Steeply Dipping N20e And N80e Faults |
| Year first produced: | 1925 |
| disc_yr: | 1721 |
| discr: | Spanish Colonization |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BODENLOS A. T., ERICKSEN G. E. 1955. LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017 - P. 108-110
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
- Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 322.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 292.
- Deposit:: IMAI, H., KAWASAKI, M., YAMAGUCHI, M., AND TAKAHASH, M., 1985, MINERALIZATION AND PARAGENESIS OF THE HUANZALA MINE, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, P. 461-478.
- Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1993, P. 183.
- Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP A. T. BODENLOS, G. E. ERICKSEN - USGS BULL. 1017
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4 P. 589; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; MINING MAGAZINE (1993)
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