Bibliographic citations
Olivera, V., Alarco, R. (2024). Estudio sedimentológico de columnas estratigráficas de la Formación Jumasha en los alrededores de la mina Uchucchacua y del proyecto de plata Yumpag [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/27364
Olivera, V., Alarco, R. Estudio sedimentológico de columnas estratigráficas de la Formación Jumasha en los alrededores de la mina Uchucchacua y del proyecto de plata Yumpag []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/27364
@misc{renati/528567,
title = "Estudio sedimentológico de columnas estratigráficas de la Formación Jumasha en los alrededores de la mina Uchucchacua y del proyecto de plata Yumpag",
author = "Alarco Sánchez, Raúl Gonzalo",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2024"
}
The Jumasha Formation is a sequence of carbonate rocks which extends into central and northern Peru and is known to be host rock or to be related to some ore deposits, some of which have become projects or even mines. This investigation presents a detailed sedimentological study of this carbonate sequence in the Daniel Alcides Carrión province in Pasco, where the Yumpag project is located. The general objective is to describe the sedimentary facies of this formation by making two stratigraphic columns and correlating them, allowing a better understanding of the sedimentary depositional system in the study area and defining possible new areas of interest. Ten sedimentary facies related to four depositional environments within a carbonate ramp were identified, product of a large-scale transgressive event with other small-scale transgressive and regressive events. The Lower Jumasha is composed mainly of dolostones, fine-grained limestones and marls. The Middle Jumasha is composed of medium to coarse-grained peloidal and bioclastic limestones at the base and algae and milliloid-rich limestones to the top. The base of the Upper Jumasha is composed of coarse-grained Perouvianella Peruviana, miliolid, algae and gastropodrich limestones, and its top is dominated by fine-grained limestones with planktonic foraminifera and echinoderms. Each of these members is delimited by their respective marly marker sequences with silt-sized detrital quartz. The top of the Middle Jumasha and the base of the Upper Jumasha members would be the most prospective areas for possible economically interesting ore bodies, since due to their lithologies they are more prone to react with hydrothermal fluids, in addition to beds of less permeable rocks that prevent the transport of fluids acting as a seal for the mineralization.
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