Las Minas

Past Producer in Ica, Peru with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10024288
MRDS ID ICA0115
Record type Site
Current site name Las Minas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.66082, -13.83669 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1 KM AL N DE MINA CASABLANCA, Acc Quebrada Las Minas

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica
Peru Ica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidota Diseminado Y Un Afloramientos De Venas Sericita Reemplazando Al Feldespato Potasico

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.66082, -13.83669

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES PORFIRITICA Y MILONITA A LO LARGO DE VENAS DE AFLORAMIENTO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sub Provincia Cuprifera Del Pacifico

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIDAL, CESAR; MINERAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERUVIAN COASTAL BATHOLITH AND ITS VOLCANIC COUNTRY ROCKS, SET. 1980

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.