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Rio Pallanga Lead-Zinc Deposit No. 1

Producer in Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Cadmium, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068782
MRDS ID W002032
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Pallanga Lead-Zinc Deposit No. 1
Alternate or previous names Rio Pallanga and Alpamara Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.4664, -11.1479 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 30 KM NE OF CANTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED FROM METALLOGENIC MAP OF PERU, 1969 - NO. 1 - ALPAMARCA NO. 20 IS IN DEPARTMENT OF LIMA

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE CLAY, QUARTZ & LITTLE CARBONATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry Intrusive;Carolina Stock, Gray Diorite Porphyry
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry Intrusive;Carolina Stock, Gray Diorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Limestone;Clastic (Breccia) Sediments Interbedded With Sandstone & Conglomerate;Red Siltstone, Conglomerate & Marly Limestone;Tuff & Tuff Breccia
    Rock description Limestone;Clastic (Breccia) Sediments Interbedded With Sandstone & Conglomerate;Red Siltstone, Conglomerate & Marly Limestone;Tuff & Tuff Breccia

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.4664, -11.1479
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Series Of Northwesterly Trending Folds Cut By Several Thrust Faults That Strike Parallel To The Axis Of Folds And Dip West
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Carolina Stock Lies Near The Axis Of A Large Anticline And Is Elongated Along The Fold, Suggesting Control Of Emplacement By The Fold. The Carolina Stock Is Bounded Both On The East And West By Vertical Faults Now Occupied By Quartz Veins

Ore body information

  • Strike N NE
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Length 1500M
    Width 5M
    Depth to bottom 235M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677
Year of first production 1939
Production years 1939 - PRESENT

Mining district

District name Department Of Junin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sindicato Minero Rio Pallanga

Comments on the production information

  • 5% ZN, 4% PB, AND 5 OZ/TON AG. SMALL QUANTITIES OF COPPER IS BEING PRODUCED. RECENT PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE ON 3/73 - ESTIMATE BY REPORTER BASED ON PAST PRODUCTION ONLY
  • NO DATA AVAILABLE ON 3/73. ESTIMATE BY REPORTER BASED ON HISTORICAL PRODUCTION
  • NO DATA IS AVAILABLE TO MAKE ESTIMATE 3/73. ESTIMATE BASED ON HISTORICAL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 UNPUBLISHED REPOR

  • Production

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT - FRANK SIMONS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1939 SIGNIFICANT RECORDED PRODUCTION
Deposit MOST OF THE ORE IS IN THREE SOUTH PITCHING ORE SHOOTS SEPARATED BY LOW-GRADE VEIN MATERIAL
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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