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Santa Cruz Deposits

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065601
MRDS ID TC40957
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Cruz Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.52809, -9.59518 (WGS84)
Elevation 3083
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM S 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

  • NEAR SANTA CRUZ; ON WEST SIDE OF RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.52809, -9.59518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name WORKING 1 AT 3070 M
    Strike N50E}N70E}N45E}N55E}N70E
    Dip 70SE}45-75SE}80 SE}60SE}65-70SE
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 10M
  • Name WORKING 2 AT 3090 M
    Strike N50E}N70E}N45E}N55E}N70E
    Dip 70SE}45-75SE}80 SE}60SE}65-70SE
    Thickness 0.18M
    Length 58M
  • Name WORKING 6 AT 3085 M
    Strike N50E}N70E}N45E}N55E}N70E
    Dip 70SE}45-75SE}80 SE}60SE}65-70SE
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 23M
  • Name WORKING 4 AT 3090 M
    Strike N50E}N70E}N45E}N55E}N70E
    Dip 70SE}45-75SE}80 SE}60SE}65-70SE
    Thickness 2.5M
  • Name WORKING 3 AT 3100 M
    Strike N50E}N70E}N45E}N55E}N70E
    Dip 70SE}45-75SE}80 SE}60SE}65-70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 ADITS, 5 OPEN IN 1948.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: VEIN TRAVERSES BRECCIA ZONE 15 M THICK CONTAINS MOSTLY GYPSUM AND CELESTITE WITH SMALL POCKETS OF GALENA, SPHALERITE, CALCITE, PYRITE. ORE BODY 1: UP TO 1 M THICK, SULFIDE CONTAINS UP TO 50% SPHALERITE; IT IS 45 M S OF WORKING 1 AND WAS ONLY ONE BEING WORKED IN 1948. ORE BODY 2: CONTAINS A FEW VEINLETS OF SULFIDE IN GOUGE; IT IS 85 M NW OF WORKING 2. ORE BODY 3: 85 M NW OF WORKING 2; CONTAINS BANDS OF SULFIDES.

Reporter information

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

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