| Lat / long: | -15.09775, -71.71627 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver |
| Secondary: | Copper, Zinc, Lead |
| Ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Jasper, Quartz |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Unknown |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1940 |
| Host type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Structure: | Mine Area Underlain By Andesitic Lavas And Pyroclastic Rocks That Dip 10 Deg-40 Deg Sw. Sandstone And Shale Of Mesozoic Age Are Reported. These Rocks Are Cut By An Extensive Fault-Vein System, Striking N60w, Dipping Steeply Sw. The Outcrop Patterns Of Veins Suggest That The Vein Fissures May Have Originated As Tension Fractures Between Two Principal Nw Striking Shear Zones, Carmen-Corona-Santa Ursula To The Ne And Potosi Ramal Structure To The Sw. |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| MRDS | W002173 |
| DEP | 10068901 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 517}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972} |
| Reporter | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |