| Lat / long: | -9.87295, -76.98307 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver |
| Tertiary: | Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Bismuth |
| 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 form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1721 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1925 |
| Host rock: | Machay Group, Limestone;Barremian Shl, Sst, & Limestone;Santa Formation |
| Host type: | Limestone,Andesite |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitization, Epidotization |
| MRDS | W002010 |
| DEP | 10068763 |
| Reference | {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P. 183.}{Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP A. T. BODENLOS, G. E. ERICKSEN - USGS BULL. 1017}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4 P. 589; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; MINING MAGAZINE (1993)} |
| Reporter | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J. |