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Corani Lead-Zinc Mine 1

Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068959
MRDS ID W002236
Record type Site
Current site name Corani Lead-Zinc Mine 1
Alternate or previous names Negrominas, Corani

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.74958, -13.93112 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position THE CORANI-NEGROMINAS GROUP OF MINES IS PRESUMABLY A FEW KM WEST OF THE VILLAGE OF CORANI BETWEEN THE RIO PALCO AND RIO SAN GABAN, 25-30 KM NW OF MACUSANI IN THE PROVINCIA DE CARABAYA.

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. (1) ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Sericitized And Kaolinized

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.74958, -13.93112
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 350M
    Width 0.15M

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 DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN 100,000 AND ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1424

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BOGGIO, M.S., 1985, PERU: A MINING COUNTRY INGEMMET V. 3, P. 193.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUBLISHED REP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • 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
Updater 01-APR-1993 Restrepo, Pedro U.S. Geological Survey

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