Colloadar Lead-Zinc Mine 11

Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10068954
MRDS ID W002231
Record type Site
Current site name Colloadar Lead-Zinc Mine 11

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.57478, -7.39806 (WGS84)
Relative position THE COLLOADAR DISTRICT IS ON CERRO COLLOADAR, 8 KM SW OF ASUNCHION AND 25 KM SOUTH OF THE CITY OF CAJAMARCA IN THE PROVINCIA DE CAJAMARCA (CAJABAMBA SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 11 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, CALCITE, PYRITE, PHYRRHOTITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.57478, -7.39806

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cerro Colloadar Is Made Up Of Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks Comprising Sandstone Of The Goyllarisquiga Formation (Aptian) And Shale And Limestone Of The Machay Group (Albian). They Are Intruded By A Number Of Sills And Dikes Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry, Composed Of Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase (Zoned Andesine) And Hornblende Set In A Fine-Grained Groundmass Of Feldspar And Quartz With Accessory Apatite And Magnetite.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75-90W;N
    Dip 40-75?; STEEP
    Width 0.2M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75-90W;N
    Dip 40-75?; STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Year of first production 1840

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. 1073

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905C, IMPORTANCIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJAMARCA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 31, P. 43-49

  • Deposit

    RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1887, MINAS DE ORO DEL PERU: ANALES ESCUELA CONSTR. COVILES Y DE MINAS, V. 6, P. 10-12. REPRINTED FROM BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 1, 1885-1886

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SHORT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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