| Location: | Ayacucho, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -14.6561, -74.16634 |
| dep_id: | 10068784 |
| mrds_id: | W002034 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Quartz, Rhodonite |
| other_matl: | Galena |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| conc_proc: | Oxidation To Depth Of 300 M. |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Tocasa Formation |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Structure: | Two Fracture Systems, One Strikes North And Other 45-70 Deg. East. |
| tectonic: | Cordillera Occidental, Southern Peru |
| Year first produced: | 1945 |
| disc_yr: | 1677 |
| discr: | Not Known |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: SIMONS, F. S., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. REPORT P. 548-542
- Deposit:: FORMARI, MICHEL, AND VILCA NEYNA, CESAR, 1979, MINERALIZATION ARGENTIFERA ASOCIADA AL VOLCANISMO CENOZOICO EN LA FAJA PUQUIO-CAILLOMA: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V.60, P. 101-128.
- Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS S.R.L., P. 263-265.
- Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE SIMONS F. S. UNPUB. REPOR
- Production:: SIMONS (REF.) P. 549; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991); NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).
- Reserve-Resource:: NO DATA AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE 5/73
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