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Condoroma Lead-Zinc Mine 23

Producer in Cusco, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068957
MRDS ID W002234
Record type Site
Current site name Condoroma Lead-Zinc Mine 23

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.16626, -15.24774 (WGS84)
Elevation 4800
Relative position THE CONDOROMA MINE IS 1 KM NE OF THE TOWN OF CONDOROMA, IN THE PROVINCIA DE ESPINAR (CONDOROMA SHEET)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cusco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cusco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.16626, -15.24774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock At Condoroma Is Mainly Light Purple Porphyritic Andesite Flow Breccia With Small Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase And Quartz And Numerous Fragments. The Breccia Shows Nearly Horizontal Flow Layering And May Be Slightly Folded Anticlinally.

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W; N50W
    Dip 80S; SW
    Length 400M
    Width 0.12M
    Depth to bottom 250M
  • Strike N80W; N50W
    Dip 80S; SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • There Are Three Principal Vein Systems, Which Are Persistent And Fairly Wide Fissure Fillings, Containing Sphalerite And Galena In A Gangue Of Rhodochrosite And Quartz. Wall Rock In The So-Called Main Vein Is Moderately Seriticized And Kaolinized. Post Mineral Faults Are Common. In The West Section Of This So-Called Main Vein, 187,500 Tons Of Ore Were Developed, Averaging 2.5% Lead, 2.4% Zinc, And 770 Grams Of Silver Per Ton (Simons, Frank, 1960)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mauricio Hochschild Y Compania Purchased Mine)
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1126

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    POSTH, C., 1893-94, ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA MINERIA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE PUNO: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 9, P. 51-53, 61-63, SER. 1, V. 10, P. 51-54, 61-63

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ; 2-4) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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