| Lat / long: | -9.5313, -77.13308 |
| Primary: | Lead, Zinc |
| Secondary: | Silver, Copper, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Fluorite, Opal, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1974 |
| Host rock: | Jumasha Limestone;Goyllarisquisga |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Folded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Limestone Forms A Broad Anticline To The East And A Sharp Syncline To The West. Intruded By Stocks, Dikes |
| Tectonic: | Andes |
| Alteration processes: | Limestone And Dike Rocks Are Slightly Silicified And Pyritized. |
| MRDS | W031404 |
| DEP | 10080290 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, PT. 3, P. 784.}{Deposit:: ENGINERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, P. 94.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN EMBASSY, LIMA, 5/15/85, P. 22.}{Production:: USBM (1981), E/MJ (1984)} |
| Reporter | Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Page, Norman J. |