| Location: | Lima, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -11.6801, -76.24666 |
| dep_id: | 10079727 |
| mrds_id: | W029827 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Tungsten |
| Trace mineral: | Arsenic, Antimony |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Jamesonite, Orpiment, Owyheeite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 106: Epithermal vein, Creede |
| alteration: | Silicic, Pyritic, Sericitic, Propylitic |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal |
| Reporter: | Theune, C.T., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. |
| hrock_unit: | Rio Blanco Formation;Bella-Vista Formation;Yauliyacu Member Of Carlos Francisco Formation;Carlos Francisco Member Of Carlos Francisco Formation;Tablachaca Member Of Carlos Francisco Formation;Carmen Member Of Casapalca Formation;Amygdaloid Member Of Casapalca Formation;Redbeds Member Of Casapalca Formation;Machay Formation |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| arock_unit: | Veintiuno Andesite, Victoria Porphyry, Fraguamachay Intrusive, Tauca Intrusive |
| arock_type: | Diorite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Tight Folding, Axes Trending Nnw. Local Overturning; Carmen Fault, Americana Thrust Fault. |
| Year first produced: | 1921 |
| disc_yr: | 1888 |
| discr: | Backus And Johnston |
| References: |
- Deposit:: RIDGE, JOHN D., 1972, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, P.606, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC., MEMOIR 131
- Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.74, ED. SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, OCT.1972
- Deposit:: MCKINSTRY, H.E. AND NOBLE, J.A. 1932, THE VEINS OF CASAPALCA PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 27 P. 501-522
- Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.
- Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1972, P. 200.
- Deposit:: SIMONS, F.S., 1965, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: UNPUBLISHED REPORT PAGES 1290-1301.
- Deposit:: WU, I. AND PETERSON, U., 1977, GEOCHEMISTRY OF TETRAHEDRITE AND MINERAL ZONING AT CASAPALCA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 993-1016.
- Deposit:: CAVANAUGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORALES S.R.L., LIMA, P. 131-132.
- Deposit:: NINEZ, J.W., 1970, GEOLOGIA DE LA MINA CASAPALCA, IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMENTOS OPERADAS POR LA CERRO DE PASCO CORP., P. 1-11, IN 1ST CONGRESSO LATINA AMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA LIMA, PERU. NOV. 22-29, 1970. (SPANISH)
- Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP H.E. MCKINSTRY AND J.A. NOBLE CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP G.E. KRUGER - CERRO DE PASCO
- Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP R.B. FRANKEN - CERRO DE PASCO
- Production:: D1,2) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977. D3,4,5) WORLD MINING, FEB. (1968); CAVANAUGH AND GLOVER (1991).
- Reserve-Resource:: E1) INTERNAT. DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCES. OPERAT. (1977); CAVANAUGH AND GLOVER (1991).
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