| Location: | La Libertad, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -8.00636, -78.33311 |
| dep_id: | 10068780 |
| mrds_id: | W002030 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Realgar, Sphalerite, Wurtzite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR - EN ECHELON |
| alteration: | Argillization - Propylitization And Chloritization |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Basalt |
| arock_type: | Quartzite |
| tectonic: | Andes |
| Year first produced: | 1789 |
| disc_yr: | 1677 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LEWIS JR., R. W. 1956 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE QUIRUVILCA DISTRICT, PERU, ECON. GEOL. VOL. 51, NO. 1 P. 41-63
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS,1972,PG.202.
- Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.
- Deposit:: BARTOS, P.J., 1990, METAL RATIOS OF THE QUIRUVILEA MINIG DISTRICT, NORTHERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1629-1644.
- Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP LEWIS R. W. REPORT
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: 3-5) MINING ENGINEERING, P. 212, SEPT. 1975; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; LEWIS (1956); BARTOS (1990).
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