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Aurora Augusta

Past Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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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 10065209
MRDS ID TC40309
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Augusta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.86168, -11.84481 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lima(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Lima

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 KM EAST OF JICAMARCA GORGE, 20 KM NW OF ITS CONFLUENCE OF RIMAC VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result VARIOUS DISCORDANT K/AR DATES, FES CONTENTS OF SPHALERITE IN VIDAL, C. (1987).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Casma Group
    Rock description Casma Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.86168, -11.84481
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name BARITE
    Thickness 8M
    Length 20M
    Width 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1975

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Comments on development

  • IN 1987, SULFIDE ZONES WERE UNDER EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIDAL, C., C.E., 1987, KUROKO-TYPE DEPOSITS IN THE MIDDLE CRETACEOUS MARGINAL BASIN OF CENTRAL PERU :ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 6 P. 1409-1430

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPARENT OCCURS IN FUNNEL-SHAPED (80 M DIAMETER) STRUCTURE THAT DISRUPTS SW MODERATELY DIPPING VOLCANICS, NEARBY AND IN STRUCTURE ARE PEBBLE DIKES, BRECCIAS, SILICIFICATION (QUARTZ, JAROSITE, PYRITE) AND SERICITE-CHLORITE ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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