| Location: | Cusco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -14.4311, -71.76628 |
| dep_id: | 10068925 |
| mrds_id: | W002200 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver |
| gangue: | Magnetite, Pyrite |
| conc_proc: | At Intervals Along Limestone-Porphery Contact, Various-Sized Patches Of Coarse Greenish-Brown Garnetite Have Developed In The Limestone. Elsewhere The Limestone-Monzonite Contact Is Sharp And The Limestone, Possibly Due To Initial High Purity, Is Merely Marbleized. |
| ore_ctrl: | Limestone Generally Flat-Lying Except Near Intrusive Contacts, Where It May Be Folded. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L. |
| hrock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Limestone |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1810 |
| disc_yr: | 1810 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 962
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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