Location: | Huanuco, Peru, South America |
Lat / long: | -9.88823, -77.05391 |
dep_id: | 10080295 |
mrds_id: | W031409 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Lead, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Gold, Zinc, Antimony |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Argentite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite |
gangue: | Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Wollastonite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
alteration: | Limestone Has Been Recrystallized And Bleached, Partly Silicified, And Partly Replaced By Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite |
ore_ctrl: | Fractures, Fissures, Shear Zones. |
Reporter: | Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.) |
hrock_unit: | Machay;Goyllarisquizga |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Complex Folds And Faults Trending N 20 To 35 W., Intrusive Stock Extends Southward From Mine Area More Than 500 M In Axis Of Chevron Anticline |
tectonic: | Andes |
Year first produced: | 1948 |
References: |
- 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
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