Gaby 1 North Prospect Prospect.

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065773
MRDS ID TC41183
Record type Site
Current site name Gaby 1 North Prospect Prospect.
Related records 10231341

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.02946, -9.94906 (WGS84)
Elevation 4270
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM E 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

  • N OF RIDGE CREST BETWEEN QUEBRADAS SCHIRA SCHIRA AND NUPOCUTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Serpentinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.02946, -9.94906

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N40W
    Dip 55 SW
    Thickness 2M
    Length 2M

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

  • FEW TONS HAND SORTED ORE IN 1949. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

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 2 M IN DIAMETER ORE BODY IN FOOTWALL OF NORMAL FAULT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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