| Lat / long: | -11.54788, -76.13305 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Copper |
| Secondary: | Lead, Silver |
| Tertiary: | Tungsten, Bismuth |
| 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 form: | TABULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Excelsior Group;Casapalca Formation;Goyllarisquisga Formation (Santa Toribo Formation);Purcara Group (Potosi Formation) |
| Host type: | Sandstone |
| Associated rock: | Catalina Volcanics;San Francisco , Potosi, And Gertrudis Stocks |
| Associated type: | Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Northwest Plunging Anticline, Anticona Intrusive, Gertrudis Intrusive, San Francisco Intrusive, Potosi Intrusive, Veins |
| Alteration processes: | 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. |
| MRDS | W029832 |
| DEP | 10079730 |
| Reference | {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).} |
| Reporter | Theune, C.T., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J. |