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Yaurilla Iron 42

Producer in Ica, Peru with commodity Iron
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  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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068933
MRDS ID W002209
Record type Site
Current site name Yaurilla Iron 42
Alternate or previous names Jaurilla

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.63303, -14.08112 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position THE YAURILLA DEPOSITS ARE ON CERRO YAURILLA, 10-12 KM ESE OF ICA IN THE PROVINCIA DE ICA (ICA SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR THE SANTA BARBARA DEPOSITS; FOR OTHER DEPOSIT NAMES AND LOCATIONS SEE M110. NO. 60 AND OTHER LISTED NOS. ARE ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969
  • NO. 42 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, BARITE, HYDROCARBONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50% FE, 6% SIO2, 0.15, AND 0.5 P. HEMATITE IS SPECULAR
Result MAGNETITE IS SMALL AMOUNTS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.63303, -14.08112
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR VEINS
    Strike N20W
    Dip 90 (3), 55 DEG. (1).
    Length 91.44M
    Width 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Andean Marginal Metallogenic Province

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SIMONS 1960 ESTIMATED RESERVES TO BE AT LEAST ONE MILLION TONS OF 60% FE ORE
  • METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A VERY LARGE DEPOSIT PROBABLY CONTAINING SEVERAL MILLION TONS OF ORE-INSUFFICIENT DATA TO MAKE EST, ON 3/74

Comments on the workings information

  • BEING DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1535

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EATON, LUCIEN, 1945, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DE MARCONA: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 46, P. 62-71

  • Deposit

    PFLUCKER, LUIS, 1947, LOS YACIMIENTOS PERUANOS DEL MINERAL DE HIERRO: LAS MINERIA PERUANA, NO. 47, P. 5-6

  • Deposit

    5) DEL SOLAR, CARLOS, 1944, INFORME PRELIMINAR SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO DE YAURILLA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 13Q P. 27-35

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.N, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS IN HUENCAVELICA DISTRICT ARE:{ NO. 60-SANTA BARBARA{ 61-PEQUENA: LATITUDE 12 DEG. 46 MIN. LONGITUDE 75 DEG. 01 MIN.{ 62-CAMARADA{ 63-EXCELSIOR: LATITUDE 12 DEG. 59 MIN. 45 SEC. LONGITUDE 74 DEG. 59 MIN.{ALL DEPOSITS ABOVE BEAR SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS AS DESCRIBED HERE FOR NO. 60-SANTA BARBARA. NOS. REFER TO METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Reporter information

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

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