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San Jose De Huanzala Mine

Occurrence in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065734
MRDS ID TC41125
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose De Huanzala Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.00891, -9.85462 (WGS84)
Elevation 3960
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 7.9 KM WNW OF HUALLCANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF CERRO HUANZALA N OF QUEBRADA TORRES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marmatite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Up To 10 M Wide Alteration Zone, Silicification; Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite Developed Near Dikes And Veins.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.00891, -9.85462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On W Overturned Limb Of Anticline Whose Beds Strike N20-40w And Dip 40-70 Ne.

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-25W
    Dip 50-70 NE
    Thickness 2.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Huallanca Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE LARGER PARALLEL VEINS, 6-7 OTHER SMALLER VEINS EXPOSED IN ADIT; AREA CONTAINS NUMEROUS VEINS IN AREA 100-200 M LONG AND 50 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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