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Chonta Quicksilver 17

Producer in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Mercury, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068940
MRDS ID W002217
Record type Site
Current site name Chonta Quicksilver 17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.79974, -10.04794 (WGS84)
Relative position THE CHONTA DEPOSITS ARE NEAR THE VILLAGE OF CHONTA, 6-7 KM NW OF QUEROPALCA AND 70 KM WSW OF HUANUCO IN THE PROVINCIA DE DOS DE MAYO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 17 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERAL IS PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.79974, -10.04794
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 +
    Length 500M
    Width 0.25M
    Depth to bottom 60M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1758
Year of first production 1817

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Panaminas Inc., Subsidiary Of Ventures, Ltd., 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1588

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PINZAS, ESTENIO J., 1903, LA MINERIA EN LA PROVINCIA DE DOS MAYO: MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO BOL., V. 1, NO. 1, P. 29-38

  • Deposit

    GARBIN, LUCAS, 1904, APUNTES SOBRE LOS MINERALES DE HUALLANCA, CHONTA Y QUEROPALCA: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 6, P. 1-17

  • Deposit

    5) BERRY, E.W., AND SINGEWALD, J.T., 1922, GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE HUANCAVELICA MERCURY DISTRICT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, STUDIES IN GEOLOGY 2, P. 13-15

  • Deposit

    6) FORT, MICHEL,1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL AND DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 2, V. 15, P. 56

  • Deposit

    7) CABRERA LA ROSA, AUGUSTO, 1954, SITUATION ACTUAL DE LA MINERIA DEL MERCURIO AN AL PERU (1954): MINERIA Y METALURGIA, MADRID (SPAIN).

  • Deposit

    8) PAZ SOLDAN, MATEO, 1862, GEOGRAFIA DEL PERU: PARIS, LIBERERIA FERMIN DIDOT HERMANOS, HIJOS Y COMPANIA, V. 1, 745 P.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

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

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