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Vetilla Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065760
MRDS ID TC41164
Record type Site
Current site name Vetilla Mine
Related records 10279447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.07335, -9.91962 (WGS84)
Elevation 4350
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5.6 KM NE 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 TUNACANCHA NEAR CREST OF RIDGE BETWEEN QUEBRADAS TUNACANCHA AND BURRO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.07335, -9.91962
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pachapaqui Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CAVED ADITS THAT WERE 50-100 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS PARALLEL TO BEDDING.

Reporter information

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

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