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Santa Rosa I-86, Cantera

Occurrence in Ica, Peru with commodity Diatomite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024248
MRDS ID ICA0062
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa I-86, Cantera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.60803, -14.44778 (WGS84)
Elevation 400
Relative position 44 KM AL SE DE ICA EN LINEA RECTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • ES ACCESIBLE DESDE LA CIUDAD DE ICA POR CARRETERA PANAMERICANA HASTA EL KM 334, LUEGO SE TOMA UN DESVIO POR TROCHA CARROZABLE DE 5 KM HASTA EL PUEBLO DE OCUCAJE , DESDE ESTE LUGAR SE CONTINUA 16 KM POR TROCHA CARROZABLE HASTA EL DEPOSITO E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOS DPOSITOS DE SANTA ROSA, TUPAC AMARU, TIERRA BLANCA, CERRO CAUCATO Y MAIJO GRANDE HAN SIDO CLASIFICADOS COMO DIATOMITAS DE ORIGEN MARINO, CON BAJO CONTENIDO DE SIO2
Result EL ESTUDIO MICROPALEONTOLOGICO Y EL ANALISIS QUIMICO DEL DEPOSITO DE "SANTA ROSA I-86" DA EL SIGUIENTE RESULTADO
Result FRUSTULAS ENTERAS: 10%, SIO2: 68%, AL2O3: 18.16%, FE2O3: 1.14%, CAO: 1.52%, MGO: 2.36%, NA2O: 2.21%, K2O: 2.00%, PXC: 4.36%, P.E.: 2.25%. EL ESTUDIOMICROPALEONTOLOGICO HA CONCLUIDO QUE EL PORCENTAJE DE FRUSTULAS ENTERAS ES BAJO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Pisco
    Rock description Pisco
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.60803, -14.44778
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fallamiento En Bloques

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO (ESTRATIFICADO)
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 200M
    Width 10M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ESTE DEPOSITO DE DIATOMITA SE PRESENTA INTERESTRATIFICADO CON HORIZONTES DE ARENISCAS TOBACEAS SENSIBLEMENTE HORIZONTALES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1986

Mining district

District name Area Ica

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSITO NO EXPLOTADO

Comments on the workings information

  • ESTE DEPOSITO NO HA SIDO EXPLOTADO

Comments on development

  • SE MUESTREO UN HORIZONTE DE DIATOMITA DE 1.50 M DE POTENCIA DE CLOR CREMA CLARO CON MANCHAS SUPERFICIALES AMARILLAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSPIGLIOSI C., CONSTANTINO AND CASTRO BUENO, RUBEN; RECONOCIMIENTO Y SELECCION DE DEPOSITONO METALICOS EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ICA; CONVENIO CORDEICA - INGEMMET; P. 10, 1 PLANO; COD. B1444; LIMA, 1986

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ DAVILA, MARCOS; GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PISCO, GUADALUPE, PUNTA GRANDE, ICA Y CORDOVA; BOL. NO. 47 SERIE "A" CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL; INGEMMET, 1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Figueroa Cardich, Alvaro Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

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