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Huallpac Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065587
MRDS ID TC40941
Record type Site
Current site name Huallpac Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.71976, -9.38436 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 13 KM SW OF CARHUAS.

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

  • AT HEAD OF QUEBRADA DE PUNYA NEAR RIM OF A SHALLOW CIRQUE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification.

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: 850 G/TON AG, 7.9% PB, 11.4% ZN (BODENLOS AND STRACZEK, 1957).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.71976, -9.38436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name SOUTH VEIN
    Strike N60-N70W}N70W
    Dip 50-75NE}
    Thickness 1.25M
    Length 75M
    Width 10M
  • Name NORTH ZONE
    Dip 50-75NE}
    Thickness 50M
    Length 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE IN 1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS ON SOUTH VEIN; PITS ON NORTH ZONE.

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 NORTH ZONE: PYRITIZED AND SILICIFIED ZONE WITH LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE.

Reporter information

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

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