Location: | Cajamarca, Peru, South America |
Lat / long: | -6.33144, -78.66646 |
dep_id: | 10080319 |
mrds_id: | W031435 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Minor mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite |
gangue: | Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
ore_ctrl: | Faults And Shear Zones |
Reporter: | Ericksen, George E. |
hrock_type: | Diorite |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Many Veins And Shear Zones Strike N60e To E And Dip Steeply Nw To Se, Cerro Jesus Pluton |
Year first produced: | 1771 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1950 |
disc_yr: | 1771 |
discr: | Spanish Conquistadores |
References: |
- ERICKSEN, G. E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P
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