Huachoc Gold 73

Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068882
MRDS ID W002154
Record type Site
Current site name Huachoc Gold 73

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.79974, -11.51456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Relative position THE HUACHOC MINE IS ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN QUEBRADO PISQUILLO OR PARAYBAMBA, A TRIBUTARY OF THE RIO CHANCAY, AND THE RIO CHILLON. IT IS 30 KM NE OF ANCON, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN THE PROVINCES OF CHANCAY AND CANTA (CHANCAY SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lima(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Lima

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 73 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969 SHOWN AS COPPER ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, CALCITE, PYRITE, WALLROCK, CALCITE IS BARREN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.79974, -11.51456

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-50W
    Dip STEEP SW
    Length 1500M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677
Year of first production 1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Aurifera Caraveli. (This Co. Became The Consorcio Minero Del Peru In .
    Last year 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. LESS THAN 100,000 TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 449

  • 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. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS OF MAXIMUM LENGTH 150 M
Deposit First Production Year: 1942; CLOSED 1944, ORE EXHAUSTED.
Deposit Discovery Year: WORKED DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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