CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
28 Peru (Chanchamayo) 11.14.00 S -- 075.21.00 W San Vicente Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): San Vicente
Political location(s): Peru; Province or state: Chanchamayo
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: massive replacement; porosity fill; veins; disseminated
Geological ages: Early Jurassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:San Judas Dolomite member

(2) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:limestone (dolomitic)
Host rock stratigraphy:Neptuno Limestone member

(3) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:San Vicente Dolomite member
Alteration signatures: dolomitization: dolomitization; What was altered: dolostone
Mineralogy: dolomite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, bournonite, fluorite, barite
References:
Fontbote, Lluis; Gorzawski, H., 1990
Genesis of the Mississippi Valley-Type Zn-Pb Deposit of San Vincente, Central Peru: Geologic and Isotopic (Sr, O, C, S, Pb) Evidence
Economic Geology, Volume 85, p. 1402 - 1437

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1990; 12 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 12 percent
Pb: 1 percent
Reference: Fontbote, Lluis; Gorzawski, H., 1990: Genesis of the Mississippi Valley-Type Zn-Pb Deposit of San Vincente, Central Peru: Geologic and Isotopic (Sr, O, C, S, Pb) Evidence; Economic Geology, Volume 85, p. 1402 - 1437
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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