| Location: | Cajamarca, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -6.33141, -78.66649 |
| dep_id: | 60001832 |
| mrds_id: | W031431 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc |
| Trace mineral: | Arsenic, Antimony |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | LODE (FISSURE VEINS), STRATIFORM, PORPHYRY |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore_ctrl: | FAULTS, FRACTURES, FAVORABLE BEDS, PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIONS |
| Structure: | GENTLY FOLDED CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE TO QUARTZ DIORITE STOCKS, NW TRENDING FOLDS AND NORMAL FAULTS |
| Year first produced: | 1771 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1981 |
| disc_yr: | 1771 |
| discr: | Spanish Conquistadores |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT. DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD DISSERTATION, 239 P.
- Deposit:: BORREDON, R., LAFITTE, M., AND MAURY, R., 1983, COMPOSITION DES SPHALERITES DU DISTRICT MINIER DE HUALGAYOC (PEROU): MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 18, P. 437-442.
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