Condorsenga Lead-Zinc Mine 4

Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068958
MRDS ID W002235
Record type Site
Current site name Condorsenga Lead-Zinc Mine 4
Alternate or previous names Capillapata

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.99973, -10.66459 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position THE CONDORSENGA AREA IS JUST BELOW THE PEAKS OF CERRO CONDORSENGA, 5 KM SOUTH OF THE SETTLEMENT OF GORGOR AND 20-25 KM WNW OF OYON IN THE PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lima(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Lima

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 4 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena 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) -76.99973, -10.66459

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80-100E
    Dip 60S
    Length 50M
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 1309

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, RICHARD W., JR., AND NARVAEZ, SIGFREDO, 1955, LOS DEPOSITOS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO: INST. NAC. DE INV. Y FOMENTO MINEROS BOL., NO. 13, P. 38

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.