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Tacna Y Arica Mines

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065725
MRDS ID TC41110
Record type Site
Current site name Tacna Y Arica Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.02025, -12.67923 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM N 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

  • NORTH OF RIO HICHO; TWO SMALL WORKINGS 300 M APART.

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 Farallon Sandstone
    Rock description Gran Farallon Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.02025, -12.67923
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M
    Length 58M

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

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER WORKINGS, 25 M ADIT AND 58 M DRIFT; UPPER WORKINGS, 2 OPEN CUTS AND SPIRAL INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATED TO FAULT N35W AND VERTICAL AND TO COARSE GRAINED SANDSTONE.

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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