| Location: | Pasco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -10.83124, -76.02472 |
| dep_id: | 10068977 |
| mrds_id: | W002256 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Silver, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| ore_ctrl: | Along The Bedding Of The Limestone Are At Least Three Mantos 300-1000 Meters Long By 50-300 Cm Wide Composed Of Medium- To Coarse-Grained Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite, And Tetrahedrite. One Manto, Resurgidora, Contains Only Pockets Of Ore With 3-5% Pb, 8-12% Zn, And Low Silver. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L. |
| hrock_unit: | Mitu Group, Shale And Sandstone;Pucara Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| Structure: | Red Sandstone And Shale, Possibly Of The Mitu Group (Permian) Are Overlain By 200 M Of Pucara Limestone (Triassic-Jurassic) On The South Flank Of A Major Anticline. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1411
- 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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