Castrovirreyna District

Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001833
MRDS ID W031447
Record type District
Current site name Castrovirreyna District
Related records 10206980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.2997, -13.28112 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position THE WESTERN END OF THE DISTRICT IS 10 KM NORTH OF THE TOWN OF CASTROVIRREYNA AND ITS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EDGES LIE ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKES ORCOCOCHA AND CHOCLOCOCHA RESPECTIVELY. ALL MAJOR MINES ARE ACCESSIBLE BY CAR, WITHIN A RANGE OF 1 OR 2 MINUTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) HALOES OF MODERATE TO INTENSE ALTERATION ADJOIN THE DACITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVES

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.2997, -13.28112

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description INTRUSIVES IN THE FORM OF PLUGS, SPINES AND STOCKS
Type of structure Regional
Structure description HORIZONTAL BEDS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer

Mining district

District name CASTROVIRREYNA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 177-179.

  • Deposit

    LEWIS JR., RICHARD W., 1956, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE CASTROVIRREYNA MINING DISTRICT, HUANCAVELICA. BOL. SOC. GEOL. DEL PERU, T. 30, P. 217-224, LIMA.

Beyond USGS

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