| Location: | Pasco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -11.01458, -76.44973 |
| dep_id: | 10068764 |
| mrds_id: | W002011 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Antimony, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Enargite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite |
| orebody_fm: | ZONED - IRREGULAR THE DISTRICT SHOWS BROAD METAL ZONING, CENTERED ON AN AREA WEST OF LAGUNA LACSACOCHA. IN THIS AREA THE VEINS CONTAIN MAINLY COPPER WHEREAS OUTLYING VEINS CONTAIN LEAD-ZINC ORE. STIBNITE IS CONFINED TO WEAK STRUCTURES ON EAST AND WEST EDGES OF THE DISTRICT |
| alteration: | Wall Rocks Are Bleached. Silicified, Sericitized And Kaolinized For Several Meters From Strong Veins, And Sulphide Minerals Are Disseminated In Wall Rocks Near The Veins. Pyrite Occurs In Wall Rocks Many Meters From The Veins |
| conc_proc: | Oxidation Is Shallow - Water Table 100 To 200 Meters Below Surface - Limonite Is The Main Mineral In Oxidized Ore |
| Reporter: | Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S. |
| hrock_unit: | Correlated To Goyllarisquisga Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone,Limestone |
| Structure: | Large Anticline Trending North, Huaron District Is On North End Of A Dome On The Anticline. Fractures At Right Angle To Anticlinal Axis |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1901 |
| disc_yr: | 1677 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CALLAWAY H. M., 1962, LEAD: A MATERIALS SURVEY. USBM INFO CIRCULAR 8083 P. 42
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU. NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: PETERSEN, ULRICH, 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU; ECON. GEOL. V. 60 NO. 3 P. 407 - 476.
- Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.
- Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICES EDITORIALS S.R.L., P. 177-179.
- Deposit:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, PT. 3, P. 784.
- Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY REPORT, 1982.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, P. 31.
- Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1983, JUNE, P. 38.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPOR
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU, WORLD MINING (1983), EMJ (1984), USBM (1981); CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).
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