| Lat / long: | -11.38122, -75.78304 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1924 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host type: | Slate,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Associated rock: | Puy Puy Stock |
| Associated type: | Dacite |
| Structure: | Earlier Rocks Aris Cut By Monzonite, Quartz Monzonite, And Quartz Porphyry Dikes That Strike West Northwest, Dip Steeply North And Attain A Length Of One Km. Shale And Limestone Of Liassic Age And Limestone Of Jurassic Age Are Faulted Against The Puy-Puy Stock And West Of Chanchamina Limestone Of Early Cretaceous Age Is Faulted Against The Same Stock |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal-Silicification Kaolinization |
| MRDS | W002151 |
| DEP | 10068879 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 410-415}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: DELAS CASAS, F., 1961, MINA CHANCHAMINA: BANCO MINERO PERU, INGEMMET B4368.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPORT}{Production:: FRANK SIMONS (1969), DE LAS CASAS (1961).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972} |
| Reporter | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |