| Location: | Junin, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -11.29789, -75.86638 |
| dep_id: | 10080325 |
| mrds_id: | W031444 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Copper, Covellite, Malachite, Stromeyerite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Hematite, Magnetite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSES AND DISSEMINATED |
| alteration: | Bleaching Of The Red Color Of The Sandstone And Shale Of Wall Rock |
| conc_proc: | Either Leaching Of Minerals From Earlier Eroded Deposits, Or Transportation By Hydrothermal Solutions |
| ore_ctrl: | Copper Mineralization Associated With Plant Horizons |
| Reporter: | Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.) |
| hrock_unit: | Pucara;Mitu |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Arkose,Limestone |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Sedimentary Rocks In The District Are Folded Into A Wnw Trending, West Plunging Anticline |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 182-184.
- Deposit:: KOBE, H.W., 1960, CU-AG DEPOSITS OF THE RED-BED TYPE AT NEGRA HAUNUSHA IN CENTRAL PERU. SCHWEIZ. MIN. PETR. MITT., VOL 40-1, P. 163-176.
- Production:: KOBE, H.W., 1960, P. 164.
- Reserve-Resource:: PETERSON, U., 1962, TABLE IV.
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