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Tesoro Orccjo Mine

Past Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065620
MRDS ID TC40978
Record type Site
Current site name Tesoro Orccjo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.2747, -12.88589 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.8 KM SSE OF HUANCAVELICA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Comments on the location information

  • ON TESORO ORCCJO HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 178
USGS model code 27b
Deposit model name Almaden Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Gran Farrallon Sandstone
    Rock description Gran Farrallon Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.2747, -12.88589
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E Striking, 40 N Fractures And Nnw Striking, E Dipping Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON EAST LIMB OF HUANCAVELICA ANTICLINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huancavelica Quicksilver District

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF ORE MINED; ACTIVE A FEW YEARS BEFORE 1945. INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 GROUPS OF WORKINGS: ONE HAS 14 BY 10 M OPEN CUT; THE OTHER 5 IRREGULAR ADITS WITHIN VERTICAL RANGE OF 20 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G., KENT, D.F., AND CONCHA, J.F., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE HUANCAVELICA QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975-A, P. 1-43

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    YATES AND OTHERS (1951).

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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