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Minas Icas

Producer in Ica, Peru with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064749
MRDS ID TC39226
Record type Site
Current site name Minas Icas
Alternate or previous names Ica Group, Tingue, Rochas Mine. Veins Include Ica, Siderita, Tingue, Colorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.46137, -14.33945 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 25 KM SE OF TINGUE, ABOUT 25 KM NW OF PALPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • W OF QUEBRADA SANTA CRUZ; ABOUT 10 KM NNE OF INTERAMERICAN HIGHWAY ON ROAD ACROSS PAMPA SAN ANTONIO; ON CERRO HUAYURI. LOCATION IS END OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Turquoise Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.46137, -14.33945
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name TINGUE VEIN
    Strike N25W}N65W}N20W}N30W
    Dip 55-75NE}75SW}60-70W}65NE
    Thickness 1.75M
    Length 1200M
  • Name SIDERITA VEIN
    Strike N25W}N65W}N20W}N30W
    Dip 55-75NE}75SW}60-70W}65NE
    Thickness 4.5M
    Length 2200M
  • Name ICA VEIN
    Strike N25W}N65W}N20W}N30W
    Dip 55-75NE}75SW}60-70W}65NE
    Length 650M
  • Name COLORADO VEIN
    Strike N25W}N65W}N20W}N30W
    Dip 55-75NE}75SW}60-70W}65NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE HAS FINE- TO MEDIUM-GRAINED OPHITIC-SUBOPHITIC TEXTURES AND IS INTERBEDDED WITH DACITIC TUFFS CUT BY GRANITIC (KSPAR RICH) DIKES AND LENSES; ANDESITE APPEARS TO CARRY BEST GRADE OF ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • DRILLED BY NORTHERN PERU MINING CORPORATION (1953) APPARENTLY DID NOT FIND PRIMARY ORE OF SUFFICIENT GRADE TO BE MINEABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE ABOUT 5 MINE SYMBOLS SCATTERED ABOUT CERRO HUAYURI THAT REPRESENT MINAS ICAS. VEINS DEEPLY OXIDIZED; ORE SHOOTS ARE SMALL. TINGUE VEIN (1) TWO VEINS WITH SPOTTY PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE MINERALIZATION AT 25 M DEPTH; SIDERITA VEIN (2) SPLITS FROM TINGUE AND CONSISTS OF SIDERITE; ICA VEIN (3) CONTAINS SIDERITE, CU-OXIDES AND CHALCOCITE; COLORADO VEIN (4).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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