| Location: | Junin, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -11.54788, -76.13305 |
| dep_id: | 10079730 |
| mrds_id: | W029832 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Tungsten, Bismuth |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Alabandite, Arsenic, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Greenockite, Huebnerite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Proustite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite, Wolframite |
| gangue: | Alunite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Serpentine, Siderite, Talc |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| alteration: | Recrystallization And Dolomitization Of Limestone; Anhydrous Silicate Skarn And Hornfels Development, Hydrated Silicate Alteration Composed Of Serpentine, Talc, And Chlorite; Anhydrite-Gypsum Replacing Limestones And Associated Collapse Breccias. |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal |
| ore_ctrl: | E-Sector Mainly Veins, W-Sector Mainly Pipes And Stratabound. District Regionally Zoned. |
| Reporter: | Theune, C.T., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Excelsior Group;Casapalca Formation;Goyllarisquisga Formation (Santa Toribo Formation);Purcara Group (Potosi Formation) |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Catalina Volcanics;San Francisco , Potosi, And Gertrudis Stocks |
| arock_type: | Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Northwest Plunging Anticline, Anticona Intrusive, Gertrudis Intrusive, San Francisco Intrusive, Potosi Intrusive, Veins |
| References: |
- Deposit:: RIDGE, JOHN D., 1972, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, P.606, ED. 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.100, ED. SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, OCT. 1972
- Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, REPORTING SERVICES EDITORIALES S.R.L., 139-142.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 323.
- Deposit:: ENGINEENG AND MINING JOURNAL, 1980, P. 331.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 29AGELL, R.H., 1960, ORE CONTROLS IN THE MOROCOCHA DISTRICT PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 5, P. 962-984.
- Deposit:: NAGELL, R.H., 1957, ANHYDRITE COMPLEX OF THE MOROCOCHA DISTRICT, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 6, P. 632-644.
- Deposit:: PETERSEN, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.
- Production:: D1,2) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977. D3,4,5,6) DAILY NEWS 8.2.1975. D7) TO D72) WORLD MINING, FEB. 1968; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)
- Reserve-Resource:: E1) INTERNAT. DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCES. OPERAT. 1977. NAGELL (1957).
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