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Huaron Mines

Producer in Pasco, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Gold
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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. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068764
MRDS ID W002011
Record type Site
Current site name Huaron Mines
Alternate or previous names Minas De Huaron
Related records 10182803

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.44973, -11.01458 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position 40 KM SSW OF CERRO DE PASCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pasco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Pasco
Peru Pasco

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM THE METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969 NO. 11; 296 KM NE OF LIMA; 75 KM NW OF LA OROYA, NEAR HUAYLLAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ AND PYRITE WERE EARLIEST MINERALS. FOLLOWED BY ENARGITE, SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE AND THEN GALENA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Are Bleached. Silicified, Sericitized And Kaolinized For Several Meters From Strong Veins, And Sulphide Minerals Are Disseminated In Wall Rocks Near The Veins. Pyrite Occurs In Wall Rocks Many Meters From The Veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Correlated To Goyllarisquisga Formation
    Rock description Correlated To Goyllarisquisga Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.44973, -11.01458
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Anticline Trending North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Huaron District Is On North End Of A Dome On The Anticline. Fractures At Right Angle To Anticlinal Axis

Ore body information

  • General form ZONED - IRREGULAR THE DISTRICT SHOWS BROAD METAL ZONING, CENTERED ON AN AREA WEST OF LAGUNA LACSACOCHA. IN THIS AREA THE VEINS CONTAIN MAINLY COPPER WHEREAS OUTLYING VEINS CONTAIN LEAD-ZINC ORE. STIBNITE IS CONFINED TO WEAK STRUCTURES ON EAST AND WEST EDGES OF THE DISTRICT
    Length 4000M
    Width 3000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1677
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Huayllay Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minas De Huaron (Mokta); Compania Minera Huaron, S. A.
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cie Des Mines De Huaron

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Period 1970-1981
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8.19 Oz/Mt Ag, 0.21% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 231g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINES PRODUCE BETWEEN 150,000 AND 300,000 S. TONS ANNUALLY. ESTIMATE OF PRODUCTION BY REPORTER USING AVERAGE PRODUCTION. 1980-1990 FROM CAVANAGH AND GKLOVER. FEED GRADE (1990) 3.98% ZN, 1.87% PB, 0.46% CU, 8.3 OZ/MT AG. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.23 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Zinc Zn 3.66 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981
    Silver Ag 136.942 g/mt Silver Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.4 wt-pct Lead Major 1983
    Zinc Zn 4.44 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 2590486000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.45 wt-pct Lead Major 1990
    Zinc Zn 4.25 wt-pct Zinc Major 1990
    Silver Ag 244.161 g/mt Silver Major 1990
    Copper Cu 0.39 wt-pct Copper Minor 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 4/73. CALLAWAY 1962 P. 42 ESTIMATED RESERVES AT SEVERAL MILLION TONS 4% PB - 5% ZN
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER BASED ON 15 YEARS RESERVES AT ANNUAL PRODUCTION RATE OF 200,000 MET TONS. ORE (1) PROVEN; ORE (2) PROBABLE
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER TO HAVE POTENTIAL RESOURCES EQUAL TO ESTIMATED RESERVES

Comments on development

  • FRANK SIMONS 1969 UNPUBLISHED REPORT PAGES 1394-1405; REALLY OPENED IN 1912 ; ECON.COM: ORE CAPACITY (1980) 1350 TONS/DAY; CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY (1980): 1350 TONS/DAY; CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY (1991) 1500 MT/DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAWAY H. M., 1962, LEAD: A MATERIALS SURVEY. USBM INFO CIRCULAR 8083 P. 42

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PETERSEN, ULRICH, 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU; ECON. GEOL. V. 60 NO. 3 P. 407 - 476.

  • Deposit

    COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPORT'S GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICES EDITORIALS S.R.L., P. 177-179.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1981, PT. 3, P. 784.

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY REPORT, 1982.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, NOVEMBER, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, 1983, JUNE, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPOR

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU, WORLD MINING (1983), EMJ (1984), USBM (1981); CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL PERIOD
Deposit THE PRINCIPAL VEINS ARE IN EAST-WEST FRACTURES AND DIP TO THE NORTH. THESE ARE SHIUSHA, ALZANZA, YANAMINA, COMETA, RESTAURADORA, AND ANDALUCIA. THE WIDTHS VARY BETWEEN 1 1/2 M TO AS MUCH AS 30 M. AVERAGE ABOUT 5 METERS. THE LENGTHS OF VEINS ARE FROM 200 M TO 1000 METERS AND SOME HAVE BEEN EXPLORED TO DEPTHS OF 300 M VERTICALLY. SOME SMALL MINES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE HUARON DISTRICT.
Deposit PRINCIPAL VEINS ARE IN FRACTURES AT RIGHT ANGLE TO THE ANTICLINAL AXIS. FEW VEINS LIE ALONG NORTH STRIKING FRACTURES THAT DIP TO THE EAST. TUNNEL, ROOM AND PILLAR, CUT AND FILL, SQUARE SET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit First Production Year: PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY 1901

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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