Provenir Lead-Zinc Deposit - 8

Producer in Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  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 10068778
MRDS ID W002028
Record type Site
Current site name Provenir Lead-Zinc Deposit - 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.03305, -10.24794 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 35 KM NE OF SAN RAFAEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969 NO. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.03305, -10.24794

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wnw Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N. 50 TO 70 DEG. E.
    Dip 70 DEG. NW.
    Length 1000M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huanuco District

Comments on the production information

  • HEAD GRADES AVERAGE 4.3% PB, 6.0% ZN, 5.0 OZ/SHORT TON/AG.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE FIGURES BASED ON $5.4 MILLION EXPANSION AND ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 500,000 TPY, MINIMUM LIFE ESTIMATED AT 10 YEARS. ESTIMATES ARE PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE. EST. BY G. H. GOUDARZI, 7/74
  • EST. PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE. EST. BY G. H. GOUDARZI, 7/74

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F. S. 1960 THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, U.S.G.S. UNPUB. REPORT - P. 1214

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUB. REPOR

  • Production

    NO DATA AVAILABLE 3/73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE IS CUT AND OFFSET SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS TO THE EAST. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT CARRIES ORE 15 TO 20% PB. AND 10-15% ZN. THE NORTHERN SEGMENT IS ABOUT 1000 M. BUT NO ASSAY DATA IS AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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