| Location: | Ayacucho, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -13.11449, -73.78299 |
| dep_id: | 10068938 |
| mrds_id: | W002215 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Nickel, Cobalt |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| ore_ctrl: | The Principal Deposits Appear To Be Iberia And Isona. Gray Limestone Is Folded Along East-Trending Axes And Locally Is Silicified And Altered To Garnetite And Hornsfels. Along The Bedding Are Zones With Veinlets Of Pyrrhotite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, A Little Chalcopyrite, And Late Quartz That Replace Limestone. A Little Niccolite, Gersdorffite, And Tetrahedrite Are Reported. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L. |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1572
- 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, UNPUB. REP.
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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