| Location: | La Libertad, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -7.88137, -78.04977 |
| dep_id: | 10068960 |
| mrds_id: | W002238 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| alteration: | Silicification Of Shale; Sericite, Chlorite, Pyrite Alteration Of Porphyry Where Cut By Veins. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Carhuaz Formation; |
| hrock_type: | Diorite,Hornblendite,Shale |
| Structure: | Shale Beds Are Moderately Folded, Striking About Nw. They Are Intruded By A Stock And Various Dikes Of Porphyritic Rock Ranging In Composition From Hornblende Diorite To Biotite Quartz Diorite. At Contacts With The Intrusive Rock The Shale Is Contorted And Fractured. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1950 |
| prod_yrs: | DATA AVAILABLE FOR 1950-55 ONLY |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1268
- 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, 1907, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE HUAMACHUCO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL. NO. 51, P. 40-45
- Deposit:: BRAMBILLA, DANTE, 1954, INFORME GEOLOGICO DE LA MINA LA FLORIDA: SOC. NAC. DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO BOL., NO. 35, P. 39-57.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Production:: F. SIMONS (1960); BRAMBILLA (1954).
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