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Blanquita Prospect.

Occurrence in Ancash, Peru with commodity Arsenic
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065751
MRDS ID TC41148
Record type Site
Current site name Blanquita Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.96502, -10.22822 (WGS84)
Elevation 4450
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5.2 KM SE OF POCPA.

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

  • S SIDE OF PACLLON-LLAMAC RIDGE 100 M S OF LA ESPERANZA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO OTHER SULFIDES SEEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.96502, -10.22822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pacllon-Llamac 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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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