| Location: | Pasco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -10.63125, -76.24972 |
| dep_id: | 10084848 |
| mrds_id: | W700062 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Tin, Arsenic |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Bournonite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Marcasite, Polianite, Polybasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tennantite, Wolframite |
| gangue: | Alunite, Ankerite, Barite, Dickite, Halloysite, Hematite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Sulfur |
| orebody_fm: | FUNNEL SHAPED |
| model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
| conc_proc: | Depth Of Oxidation Varies Considerably, Supergene Blanket Of Chalcocite And Covellite With Silver Enrichment. |
| Reporter: | Leonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Pucara Group;Excelsior Group |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Phyllite,Dolomite |
| arock_unit: | Excelsior Formation;Mitu Formation;Rumillana Agglomerate |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Quartzite,Phyllite,Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Broad, N. Plunging Anticline Intruded By Tertiary Volcanic Vent About 2.5 Km In Diameter; Folds Plunge 5-15 Degrees South. |
| disc_yr: | 1630 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., ED., 1950, THE GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF THE ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS, 18TH, LONDON, 1948, PT. VII, SYMPOSIUM AND PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F, P. 30-31, 160-170.
- Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., LIMA, P. 133-134.
- Deposit:: PETERSEN, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.
- Deposit:: WARD, H.J., 1961, THE PYRITE BODY AND COPPER OREBODIES CERRO DE PASCO MINE, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 2 P. 402-422.
- Deposit:: KRUGER, F.C., AND LACY, W.C., 1949, GEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALIES NEAR CERRO DE PASCO, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 6, P. 485-491.
- Deposit:: EINAUIDI, M. T. ,1977, ENVIRONMENT OF ORE DEPOSITION AT CERRO DE PASCO, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 893-924.
- Deposit:: GRATON, L.C., AND BOWDITCH, S.J., 1936, ALKALINE AND ACID SOLUTIONS IN HYPOGENE ZONING AT CERRO DE PASCO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 7, P. 651-698.
- Production:: ANNUAL PRODUCTION 1980-1990, CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991). CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION ORES (1-5), EINAUDI (1977).
- Reserve-Resource:: ORES (1 AND 2), CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).
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