| Location: | Pasco, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -10.51487, -76.19555 |
| dep_id: | 10099566 |
| mrds_id: | TC40979 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Lead, Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Galena, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Opal |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| conc_proc: | Oxidized Ores To 150 M. |
| Reporter: | Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| arock_type: | Dacite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Strongly Folded Rocks Cut By Normal And Reverse Faults, 30-40 Se Plunging Symmetrical Anticline And Syncline In Pucura Formation; Three Groups Of Faults: N35-70w ( Most Strongly Mineralized), N20w To N10e (Partly Mineralized), N50-70e Postmineralization. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.F., LEWIS, R.W., JR., AND ABELE, C., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ATACOCHA DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE PASCO, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975 E, P. 337-384.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: JOHNSON AND OTHERS (1955).
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