| Location: | Puno, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -16.5977, -70.09956 |
| dep_id: | 10068948 |
| mrds_id: | W002225 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Copper, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| ore_ctrl: | According To F. Simons, 10 Veins Have Been Exploited, Which Contain Galena, Sphalerite, Ruby Silver, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite, Argentite, Polybasite, And Stibnite. Average Silver Content Of The 10 Veins Is Approx. 8 Kg. Of Silver Per Ton. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Structure: | The Area Is Underlain By Volcanic Rocks Of The Sillapaca Sequence (Tertiary), Mostly Purple Or Gray Porphyritic Rhyolites. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| disc_yr: | 1750 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1419
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: BASADRE, MODESTO, 1891, MINERALES DE CACACHARA: SOC. GEOG. LIMA BOL., V. 1, P. 346-349
- Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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