Mangan

Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068902
MRDS ID W002174
Record type Site
Current site name Mangan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.78504, -9.30409 (WGS84)
Elevation 4628
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 14-16KM W OF CARHUAZ NEAR THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROVINCES OF YUNGAY AND CARHUAZ (HUARAS SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF QUEBRADA CASHMA, BETWEEN LAGUNA CASHMA AND CERRO MANGAN; AG DEPOSIT CUTS ACROSS SW FLANK OF CERRO MANGAN.
  • NO. 17 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE CALCITE, PYRITE, QUARTZ, MAGNETITE, RHODOCHROSITE, CHLORITE, TOURMALINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Alabandite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Propylitization, Sericitization, Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.78504, -9.30409

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Buena Cashma Mine Is In Folded Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks Just Ne Of A Contact With Flat-Lying Tertiary Volcanic Rocks. The Contact Is Intruded Nw Of Buena Cashma And N Of Mangan By A Stock Of Porphyritic Andesite. The Mangan Vein Is Enclosed In Rhyolite Flows And Welded Tuff With Some Sandstone And Conglomerate.

Ore body information

  • Name MAIN VEIN
    Strike N30-40W
    Dip 70-80SW
    Thickness 2M
    Length 300M
    Width 115M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MINES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS (1947) [AT THIS REPORT (1960)].

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE OR NO ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.
  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN 100,000 AND ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 534

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: 365 P. LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL, P. 64-65

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1040, P. 124-127.

  • Deposit

    PFLUCKER, LUIS A., 1906, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO DE AIJAY CALLEYCANCHA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU, BOL., NO. 36, P. 28-29

  • 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 UP TO 8 M THICK.
Deposit SHOOTS WITH LENGTH UP TO 100 M
Deposit INCLUDES NUMEROUS VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.