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Santa Barbara Prospect

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065747
MRDS ID TC41142
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Barbara Prospect
Related records 10279894

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.31419, -9.31631 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 23 KM E OF CHANCOS.

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

  • BASE OF STEEP CLIFFS ON SPUR OF NE WALL NEAR HEAD OF QUEBRADA HONDA, JUST S OF QUEBRADA YANATSILCA, 2.5 KM SE OF TOMELAMANO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.31419, -9.31631
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70-80W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 110M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quebrada Honda-Vesuvio Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING ADDITIONAL ORE"

Comments on the workings information

  • N DRIFT 30 M LONG, S DRIFT 20 M LONG.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE WITH GOUGE AND BRECCIA, CONTACT OF METASEDIMENTS AND GRANODIORITE IS 50 M W OF MINE.

Reporter information

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

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