| Location: | Huancavelica, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -12.73117, -75.04136 |
| dep_id: | 10068974 |
| mrds_id: | W002253 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Barite, Pyrite |
| ore_ctrl: | Limestone Striking East And Dipping North Is Intruded By Two Vertical Dikes 8-12 M Wide Of Porphyritic Dacite That Strike More Or Less North. Along The West Side Of The Western Dike, Galena, Sphalerite, Iron Oxide, Quartz, And Barite Replace Limestone. The Ore Assays 5-25% Pb, 50-500 Grams Of Silver Per Ton. In A Zone 10-60 Cm Wide And 80 M Long. In Another Manto 40-150 M Thick And 30 M Long The Ore Assays 1-15% Pb, 5-15% Zn And 100-300 G/Ton/Ag In 1956 |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L. |
| hrock_type: | Limestone,Dacite |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| prod_yrs: | DATA FOR 1956 OR EARLIER |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1199
- 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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