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Alpamarca Lead-Zinc Mine 20

Producer in Junin, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068942
MRDS ID W002219
Record type Site
Current site name Alpamarca Lead-Zinc Mine 20
Related records 10158259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.5039, -11.2229 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 20 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.5039, -11.2229
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2600M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sindicato Minero Rio Pallanga S. A.
    First year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3 % Pb, 5 % Zn, 300 G Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 300g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.83% Pb, 2.47% Zn, 0.13% Cu, 3.0 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN ONE AND 10 MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT P. 1279

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1979, DECEMBER 1979, P. 325.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    SIMONS, F., 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT; E/MJ (1979)

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDE EAST ALSO, DIP 85 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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