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Atunsulla Lead-Zinc Mine 15

Producer in Ayacucho, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068947
MRDS ID W002224
Record type Site
Current site name Atunsulla Lead-Zinc Mine 15
Alternate or previous names Ninobamba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.34967, -13.46448 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position THE ATUNSULLA REGION IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIO APACHETA ABOUT 40 KM SW OF THE CITY OF AYACUCHO IN THE PROVINCIA DE HUAMANGA OR CANGALLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ayacucho(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ayacucho

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 15 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969 ON METALLOGENIC MAP, 1972, LOCATION SHOWN AS 74-35 W AND 13-22 S

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.34967, -13.46448
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15-50E
    Dip 65SE OR 75NW
    Length 1000M
    Width 0.23M
    Depth to bottom 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH NEVADO PORTUQUEZA STRATO-VOLCANO-CALDERA SYSTEM. SOME VEINS ARE ADULARIA-SERICITE TYPE AND SOME ARE ACID-SULFATE TYPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1562

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960 UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1046

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FOWLER, JOSE R., 1924, MONOGRAFIA HISTORICO-GEOGRAFICA DEL DEPARTMENTO DE AYACUCHO: LIMA, IMPRENTA TORRES AGUIRRE, P. 276

  • Deposit

    MASIAS, AURELIO, 1929, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERA DE CASTROVIRREVNA: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL., V. 3, P. 63

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P.1, 6-13.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPORT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    FRANK SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969-REF 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1562, (ACCORDING TO MASIAS (1929, P. 63))

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

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