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Venus Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodity Copper
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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 10065757
MRDS ID TC41156
Record type Site
Current site name Venus Mine
Related records 10158128, 10254930

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.19586, -9.98795 (WGS84)
Elevation 4430
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM SW OF PACHAPAQUI.

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

  • ON E SIDE OF QUEBRADA TUCO, DUE E OF CASCAJAL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.19586, -9.98795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 20-40 NE
    Thickness 1M
    Length 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tuco-Chira Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS OF CU CONCENTRATE. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER (1949).

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, ONE 50 M LONG, ONE 9 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

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

Reporter information

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

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