| Location: | Junin, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -11.62288, -76.19972 |
| dep_id: | 10068774 |
| mrds_id: | W002023 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Bismuth |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Silver, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| alteration: | Tremolite, Actinolite, Diopside, Garnet, Serpentine,Chlorite, Tall, Epidote, Quartz, Biotite, Magnetite |
| conc_proc: | Minor Zones Of Secondary Enrichment Occur Locally In Some Areas. |
| ore_ctrl: | Replacements And Veinlets In Contact Metasomatized Limestone And Toro Mocho Intrusive Body And Related Dikes And Sills |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H., Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Excelsior Group;Mitu Group, Catalina;Pucara Group;Goyllarisquisga & Machay Groups |
| hrock_type: | Conglomerate,Dacite |
| arock_unit: | Anticona Granodiorite, Cut By Monzonite Dikes;Potosi, San Francisco, Gertrudis & Yantac-Monzonite Porphyry;Quartz Porphyry, Morococha Series |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Reg.Struct: Yauli Dome N. 35 W., Morococha Anticline That Forms Northern Part Of Yauli Dome And Potosi - Toldo Folds |
| tectonic: | Andes |
| disc_yr: | 1965 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PETERSON U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 60 NO. 3 P. 407-476
- Deposit:: SIMONS F. S., 1965; MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU (UNPUBLISHED REPORT) P. 695-765.
- Deposit:: BARRANTES GARATE ET 1970. GEOLOGIA Y ESTRUCTURA DEL YACIMIENTO DEL PROYECTO MOROCOCHA, IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS OPERADOS POR LA CERRO DE PASCO CORP. P. 131-155
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: KULP, J.L., AMSTUTZ, G.C., AND ECKELMANN, F.D., 1957, LEAD ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF PERUVIAN GALENAS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.52, NO.8, P. 914-922.
- Deposit:: EYZAGUIRRE, V.R., MONTOYA, D.E., SILBERMAN, M.L., AND NOBLE, D.C., 1975, AGE OF IGNEOUS ACTIVITY AND MINERALIZATION, MOROCOCHA DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, NO. 6, P. 123-1126.
- Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO
- Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW 1969 - P. 267 - AND U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4
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