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Cerro Mirador, Cantera

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024259
MRDS ID ICA0076
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Mirador, Cantera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.02471, -13.48114 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 13 KM AL SE DE CHINCHA ALTA EN LINEA RECTA, Acc Cerro Mirador

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 POR CARRETRA AFIRMADA DESDE CHINCHA HACIA LA HACIENDA CASAGRANDE (14 KM) Y DESDE ESTE LUGAR SE CONTINUA POR TROCHA CARROZABLE DE 5 KM HASTA EL DEPOSITO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Analytical data

Result EN LOS DEPOSITOS CUESTA BORRACHO Y CERRO MIRADOR, EL CONTENIDO DE SIO2 DE LA CUARCITA ALCANZA 94.40%, MIENTRAS QUE EN LA VETA DE CUARZO EL CONTENIDO ES DE 93.13%, EL CONTENIDO DE FE203 PARA AMBOS DEPOSITOS SUPERA EL 2%. EL ANALISIS QUIMICO DEL DEPOSITO "CERRO MIRADOR" ES EL SIGUIENTE
Result SIO2: 93.13%, AL2O3: 2.20%, FE2O3: 2.60%, CAO: 0.61%, MGO: 0.38%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.02471, -13.48114
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Plegamiento De La Secuencia Mesozoica Y Falalmiento En Bloques
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturamiento

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO (VETA)
    Strike N65W
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Area Chincha

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.006HA
    Length 30M
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DURANTE LA VISITA DE RECONOCIMIENTO NO SE EXPLOTABA EL DEPOSITO; SE HAN EXTRAIDO ALGUNAS TONELADAS HACE ALGUNOS ANOS, APARENTEMENTE SE LE ABANDONO POR ANTIECONOMICO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSPIGLIOSI C., CONSTANTINO AND CASTRO BUO, RUBEN; RECONOCIMIENTO Y SELECCION DE DEPOSITOS NO METALICOS EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ICA; CONVENIO CORDEICA - INGEMMET; P. 31, 1 PLANO; COD. B1444; LIMA, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL DEPOSITO ES UNA VETA DE CUARZO EMPLAZADA EN UNA ROCA INTRUSIVA ACIDA, CON UN ANCHO VARIABLE DE 1.5 A 2.0 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-93 Figueroa Cardich, Alvaro Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

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