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Cerro Maco Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065597
MRDS ID TC40952
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Maco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.69782, -9.50158 (WGS84)
Elevation 4450
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM NW OF TINCO; 18 KM WNW OF HUARAS.

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 SW SLOPE OF CERRO MACO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization, Sericitization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result 50 CM CHANNEL: 51 G/TON AG, 13% PB, 12% ZN
Result CHANNEL: 135 G/TON AG, 32% PB, 21.6% ZN (BODENLOS AND STRACZEK, 1957).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.69782, -9.50158
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-85E
    Dip 75-80NW
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 70M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE FOLDED AND OVERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATE AT BASE OF VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Arturo Dias
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1947, HAND-JIGGED CONCENTRATES PRODUCED AT SEVERAL TONS PER MONTH.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER VEINS IN THE AREA N20E, 20-30SE; N25E, 70SE, THICKNESS: 30 CM.

Reporter information

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

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