Santa Rosa Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10065570
MRDS ID TC40921
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.92838, -9.18854 (WGS84)
Elevation 4350
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 19 KM WSW OF YUNGAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • IN QUEBRADA TRANCA, SW OF CERRO ANANPUNTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NORTH DEPOSIT STOCKPILE GRAB SAMPLE: 573 G/TON AG, 54% ZN, 3.4% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.92838, -9.18854

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name S. DEPOSIT, SE ADIT
    General form LENS
    Strike N75-80E}N70E}N50E}N50-55E
    Dip 65NW}80NW}75NW}70NE
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 15M
    Width 15M
  • Name S. DEPOSIT, NW ADIT
    General form LENS
    Strike N75-80E}N70E}N50E}N50-55E
    Dip 65NW}80NW}75NW}70NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 50M
    Width 10M
  • Name PROSPECT
    General form LENS
    Strike N75-80E}N70E}N50E}N50-55E
    Dip 65NW}80NW}75NW}70NE
    Thickness 0.5M
  • Name N. DEPOSIT
    General form LENS
    Strike N75-80E}N70E}N50E}N50-55E
    Dip 65NW}80NW}75NW}70NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE IN 1947, VISIBLE ORE SHOOTS MINED OUT.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SHAFT AND STOPES IN N DEPOSIT; ADIT IN PROSPECT; OPEN CUT 50 M LONG AND INCLINED SHAFT IN DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 2 GROUPS OF WORKINGS 700 M APART WITH A PROSPECT IN BETWEEN. S. DEPOSIT, SE ADIT: LENGTH DESCRIBES LARGEST LENS OF SULFIDE ORE, THERE WERE OTHER SMALLER ONES. S. DEPOSIT, NW ADIT: ORE SHOOT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SEVERAL METERS LONG. PROSPECT: BLEACHED SHALE AND PYRITE ON THE DUMP. N. DEPOSIT: ORE STOCKPILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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