| Location: | Arequipa, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -15.08108, -72.33295 |
| dep_id: | 10068945 |
| mrds_id: | W002222 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Lead, Zinc |
| Trace mineral: | Antimony, Gallium, Arsenic, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Acanthite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Illite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Siderite |
| other_matl: | Pyrite |
| alteration: | Adularia-Sercite; Pervasive Low-Grade Propylitic, Productive Veins Surrounded By Strong To Moderate Potassic Alteration Of Adularia, Quartz +/- Sericite, Albite, Chlorite, Carbonate, Local Argillic Alteration |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Tacaza Group |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite |
| tectonic: | Cordillera Occidental Of Southern Peru |
| Year first produced: | 1961 |
| disc_yr: | 1532 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 1042
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: FORMARI, MICHEL, AND VILCA NEYRA, CESAR, 1979, MINERALIZACION ARGENTIFERA ASOCIADA AL VOLCAISMO CENOZOICO EN LA FAJA PUQUIO-CAILLOMA: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V.60, P. 101-128
- Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU
- Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 81-83.
- Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY LIMA, 1993, 1992 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT ON MINERALS PERU: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 7/9
- Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
- Deposit:: CANDIOTTI DE LOS RIOS, H., NOBLE, D.C., AND MCKEE, E.H., 1990, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND EPITHERMAL SILVER VEINS OF THE ARCATA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1473-1490.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977A D2; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991); U.S. EMBASSY LIMA (1993).
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU
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