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Cacachara Lead-Zinc Mine 76

Prospect in Puno, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10068948
MRDS ID W002225
Record type Site
Current site name Cacachara Lead-Zinc Mine 76

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.09956, -16.5977 (WGS84)
Relative position THE CACACHARA REGION IS ON THE HIGH DIVIDE BETWEEN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE LAGO TITICACA BASIN ABOUT 25 KM WNW OF SANTA ROSA DE JULI IN THE PROVINCIA DE CHUCUITO (ILAVE SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 76 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.09956, -16.5977
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Area Is Underlain By Volcanic Rocks Of The Sillapaca Sequence (Tertiary), Mostly Purple Or Gray Porphyritic Rhyolites.

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • According To F. Simons, 10 Veins Have Been Exploited, Which Contain Galena, Sphalerite, Ruby Silver, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite, Argentite, Polybasite, And Stibnite. Average Silver Content Of The 10 Veins Is Approx. 8 Kg. Of Silver Per Ton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1750

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PROSPECT. GOLD IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF PRODUCTION FOR THE CACACHARA DISTRICT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 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. 1419

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BASADRE, MODESTO, 1891, MINERALES DE CACACHARA: SOC. GEOG. LIMA BOL., V. 1, P. 346-349

  • 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. REP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EXPLOITED IN 18TH CENTURY

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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