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El Carmen Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065598
MRDS ID TC40953
Record type Site
Current site name El Carmen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72587, -9.5513 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 55 KM W 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

  • SEVERAL 100 M N OF HUARAS-CASMA ROAD, 23.5 KM W OF PASS AT PUNTA CALLAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1873, DEPOSIT CONTAINED 360 G/TON AG (BODENLOS AND STRACZEK, 1957).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72587, -9.5513
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 80-90 S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1873

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Jorge Zimic
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MINED IN 1948 AVERAGED 30% SB. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, 2 SHAFTS, AND STOPES.

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, 165 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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