| Lat / long: | -12.862, -75.09108 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Ore: | Cinnabar, Metacinnabar |
| Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Galena, Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR TABULAR WITH PIPE-LIKE PROJECTIONS |
| Discovery year: | 1570 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Gran Farallon Sandstone, Goyllarisquiza Group;Chayllatacana Volcanics, Goyllarisquiza Group |
| Host type: | Sandstone |
| Associated rock: | Pucara Group;Machay Formation;; |
| Associated type: | Limestone,Dacite |
| MRDS | W029818 |
| DEP | 10079719 |
| Reference | {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)} |
| Reporter | Theune, C.T., Page, Norman J. |