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Balducho

Past Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Barium-Barite, 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 10065211
MRDS ID TC40313
Record type Site
Current site name Balducho

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.48306, -12.32647 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 40 KM NE OF PUCUSANA.

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

  • IN HEADWATERS OF RIO CHILCA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.48306, -12.32647
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip SUBVERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURS IN METAMORPHOSED SEPTA IN TIABAYA SUPERUNIT. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF SEPTA 300 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

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 STRATABOUND LENSES OF BARITE AND PYRITE SPHALERITE IN CONTACT WITH METAMORPHOSED ROCKS; SILICEOUS STOCKWORKS WITH CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR TO THE EAST; RICHEST BARITE IS ON THE NE WALL. BARITE HAS COARSE GRANOBLASTIC TEMPERATURES.

Reporter information

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

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