| Location: | Huancavelica, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -12.862, -75.09108 |
| dep_id: | 10079719 |
| mrds_id: | W029818 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar, Metacinnabar |
| gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Galena, Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR TABULAR WITH PIPE-LIKE PROJECTIONS |
| model: | 178: Almaden Hg |
| Reporter: | Theune, C.T., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Gran Farallon Sandstone, Goyllarisquiza Group;Chayllatacana Volcanics, Goyllarisquiza Group |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Pucara Group;Machay Formation;; |
| arock_type: | Limestone,Dacite |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1570 |
| discr: | Incas |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND DE MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P. 111, ED. MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA.
- Deposit:: YATES, R.G., KENT, D.F., AND CONCHA, J.F., 1951, GEOLOGY OF HUANCAVELICA QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975-A, P. 1-43.
- Deposit:: BAKEWELL, P.J., 1971, SILVER MINING AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL MEXICO, ZACATECAS 1546-1700: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 256-257.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: YATES AND OTHERS (1951), BRAKEWELL (1971)
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