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Prospects On Cerro Ananpunta

Occurrence in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065571
MRDS ID TC40922
Record type Site
Current site name Prospects On Cerro Ananpunta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.90505, -9.17548 (WGS84)
Elevation 4550
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 18 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

  • ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CERRO ANAN PUNTA; 2 DEPOSITS SW AT 09-10-45S, 077-54-36W AND NE ONE AT 09-10-33S, 077-54-01W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.90505, -9.17548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name SW PROSPECT
    Strike N10W}N55E
    Dip 50SW}80NW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 22M
  • Name NE PROSPECT
    Strike N10W}N55E
    Dip 50SW}80NW
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SW DEPOSIT WITHIN FEW METERS OF TRACHYTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SW DEPOSIT BY DRIFT 22 M LONG; NE BY CROSS-CUT 20 M AND DRIFT 8 M.

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

Reporter information

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

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