| Lat / long: | -7.00641, -78.28311 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Pyrite |
| Discovery year: | 1677 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Goyllarisquisga Formation, S. S. Quartzite;Machay Group-Limestone |
| Host type: | Diorite,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Country Rock Is A Coal-Bearing Quartzitic Sandstone, Probably Of The Goyllarisquisga Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Overlain By A Thick Limestone Unit (Machay Group). To The South Of The Delores De La Boya Mine The Sedimentary Rocks Are Intruded By A Large Stock Or Dike Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry. The Porphyry Consists Of Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase (An 35-60), Green Hornblende, And A Little Quartz In A Fine-Grained Feldspar-Quartz Groundmass That Constitutes About Half The Rock. |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| MRDS | W002189 |
| DEP | 10068915 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 620}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905D, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y CARBONIFEROS DE LA PROVINCIA DE CELENDIN: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 32, P. 21-32}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972} |
| Reporter | Shaffer, Glenn L. |