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Huanzala

Producer in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Bismuth
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068763
MRDS ID W002010
Record type Site
Current site name Huanzala
Alternate or previous names San Jose De Huanzala
Related records 10254981

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.98307, -9.87295 (WGS84)
Elevation 3960
Relative position 8 KM W. NW OF HUALLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION - 10 IN THE HUALLANCA DISTRICT MEASURED FROM METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU NO. 10; 250 KM N OF LIMA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Digenite Ore
Electrum Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Hessite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Albite Gangue
Anhydrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Epidotization

Analytical data

Result FILLING TEMPERATURES OF FLUID INCLUSIONS 145-366 DEGREES C. IMAI ET AL (1985) CONTAINS SPHALERITE, ENARGITE, TENNANTITE, AG-PB-BI SULFIDES COMPOSITIONS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Machay Group, Limestone;Barremian Shl, Sst, & Limestone;Santa Formation
    Rock description Machay Group, Lst;Barremian Shl, Sst, & Lst;Santa Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.98307, -9.87295
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. 25 Deg W. Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Syncline To Southwest That Plunges S40e; Thrust Faults, N30-40w, 40-60sw And Steeply Dipping N20e And N80e Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip }

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER CRETACEOUS ROCKS CORRELATE WITH GOYLLARISQUIZMA GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1721
Discoverer Spanish Colonization
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Huallanca Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Santa Luisa (Mitsui)
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Santa Barbara

Comments on the production information

  • BASED ON 500 TON/DAY PRODUCTION. PRODUCTION IN 1989 HAS 68,982.5 MT OF CONCENTRATES WITH A RECOVERY RATE OF 72.90% CU, 91.00% PB, 89.40% ZN, AND 83.50% AG. IN 1981 PRODUCED ABOUT 900 MT/DAY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 4000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 10 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. 3/73 BY REPORTER, CONSERVATIVE EST.
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 3/73 TO HAVE POTENTIAL RESOURCES EQUIVALENT TO THE PRESENT DEMONSTRATED RESERVES. ESTIMATE CONSERVATIVE
  • ORE(1) PROVEN, ORE(2) PROBABLE, ORE(3) PROVEN, ORE(4) PROBABLE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PLANS TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO 1,500 T/D IN THE MEDIUM-TERM. ANNUAL INVESTMENTS, REACHING ABOUT US$1.5 MILLION, ARE DIRECTED TOWARD MECHANIZATION OF OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT WORKER HOUSING. ; MILL.CAP : 1,300 T/D (1989)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS A. T., ERICKSEN G. E. 1955. LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017 - P. 108-110

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 322.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 292.

  • Deposit

    IMAI, H., KAWASAKI, M., YAMAGUCHI, M., AND TAKAHASH, M., 1985, MINERALIZATION AND PARAGENESIS OF THE HUANZALA MINE, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, P. 461-478.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1993, P. 183.

  • Deposit

    1955 GEOLMAP A. T. BODENLOS, G. E. ERICKSEN - USGS BULL. 1017

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4 P. 589; AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU; MINING MAGAZINE (1993)

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MINES OR ORE BODIES IN THE AREA OF WHICH HUANZALA MINE IS THE MOST PROMISING COMPRISE THE HUALLANCA MINING DISTRICT. OTHER PROMISING MINES ARE CARMON DEL MACIZO, SIRENA ENCANTADORA, PERLA, ISPAC AND DANUBIO-DIAMANTE. DEPOSIT OCCURS IN LIMESTONE ON BOTH SIDES OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY SHEET.
Deposit First Production Year: 1925 SIGNIFICANT
Deposit CIA. MINERA SANTA LUISA S.A. IS THE ONLY MINING COMPANY WHOLLY OWNED BY JAPANESE INTERESTS, MAINLY MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING CO. (70%). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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