San Juan De Lucanas Gold and Silver - 18

Past Producer in Ayacucho, Peru with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068784
MRDS ID W002034
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan De Lucanas Gold and Silver - 18
Related records 10304291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.16634, -14.6561 (WGS84)
Elevation 2700
Relative position 10 KM NW. OF PUQUIO; 590 KM S OF LIMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ayacucho(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ayacucho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAP OF PERU 1969, NO. 18, ALTITUDE AVERAGED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CERARGYRITE, NATIVE SILVER, CERUSSITE AND IRON OXIDE IN OXIDIZED ZONE TO 500 M DEPTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue
Galena Unknown

Analytical data

Result 57.9 % SI02, 1.8 % ALZ03, 7.85 % CAO, 0.76 % MGO, 13.62 % MNO, 2.59 % S, 8.55 % C02, 0.14 % CU, 0.44 % PB, 1.1 % ZN, 1.8 % FE, 588.4 G/TON AG, 19.4 G/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Tocasa Formation
    Rock description Tocasa Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.16634, -14.6561

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Fracture Systems, One Strikes North And Other 45-70 Deg. East.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1677
Discoverer Not Known
Year of first production 1945

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Juan De Lucanas Unidad Minera
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera San Juan De Lucanas

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1951 - 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^330 G Ag/Ton & 5 G Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 330g/mt
  • Year 1955
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6 To 10 Oz Ag Per Ton(Formari And Vilca, 1979)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 226g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1951 TO 1954, MILL HEADS AVERAGED 330 G/TON/AG AND 5 G/TON/AU. MAINLY FROM SANTA ROSA VEIN. VENTANILLA VEINS CONTAINS 2% PB - 2% ZN HAS AG/AU RATIO OF ABOUT 160. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 292530000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 312.278 g/mt Silver Major 1990
    Gold Au 2.57 g/mt Gold Major 1990
    Lead Pb 0.87 wt-pct Lead Minor 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE
  • NO DATA AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE. EMJ 1972 REPORTS SILVER LEAD-COPPER PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE; ORE CONTAINS 251,080 METRIC TONS PROVEN AND 41,050 METRIC TONS PROBABLE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY (1991) 400 METRIC TONS PER DAY WITH FEED GRADE OF 0.75% PB, 11.27 OZ/METRIC TON AG, 2.035 G/METRIC TON AU

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

    SIMONS, F. S., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. REPORT P. 548-542

  • Deposit

    FORMARI, MICHEL, AND VILCA NEYNA, CESAR, 1979, MINERALIZATION ARGENTIFERA ASOCIADA AL VOLCANISMO CENOZOICO EN LA FAJA PUQUIO-CAILLOMA: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V.60, P. 101-128.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J. AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPORT'S GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS S.R.L., P. 263-265.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE SIMONS F. S. UNPUB. REPOR

  • Production

    SIMONS (REF.) P. 549; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991); NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).

  • Reserve-Resource

    NO DATA AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE 5/73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS ARE PRESENT, BUT TWO SYSTEMS ARE RECOGNIZED. VEINS OF ONE SYSTEM STRIKE N. AND DIP WEST (SANTA ROSA AND VENTANILLA) AND OTHERS (SARAMARCA, CONCEPCION, AND SEVERAL OTHERS) STRIKE N-45-70-E AND ARE VERTICAL. THE VEINS ATTAIN LENGTHS OF MORE THAN 1 KM, VERTICAL EXTENTS OF 350 M OR MORE AND WIDTHS OF AS MUCH AS 13 M. SANTA ROSA HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER AND HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 2 KM.
Deposit First Production Year: 1945 MODERN MINING
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Ericksen, George E. 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

Beyond USGS

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