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Huamana Mine

Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068963
MRDS ID W002241
Record type Site
Current site name Huamana Mine
Alternate or previous names Pompei, Veins: Animus, Ribordonesia, San Jose, Santa Isabel, Prascondu,, San Pedro.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.42308, -9.18437 (WGS84)
Elevation 4715
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 KM SW OF POMPEI, 17 KM NE OF CHANCOS, AND 31 KM E OF YUNGAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • ON N WALL OF QUEBRADA HUICHJANCA A WEST TRIBUTARY OF QUEBRADA CHECCICHI PAMPA. NO. 14 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.42308, -9.18437
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite, Phyllite, And Hornfels (Jurassic?) Intruded By Granodiorite To South. Most Veins Are In Granodiorite

Ore body information

  • Name ANIMUS VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Thickness 2M
    Length 400M
    Width 120M
  • Name SANTA ISABEL VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Thickness 1M
    Length 150M
    Width 20M
  • Name RIBORDONESIA VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Length 125M
    Width 35M
  • Name SAN JOSE VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Length 35M
    Width 30M
  • Name PRASCONDU VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Length 220M
    Width 60M
  • Name UNNAMED VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Length 50M
    Width 40M
  • Name SAN PEDRO VEIN
    Strike N30W}N40-60W}N40-60W}N40W}N80W}N60-70W}N20W
    Dip 40-80 SW}40 SW}15-20 SW}20-50 S}10-30 S}50 SW}65 SW
    Length 120M
    Width 44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677

Mining district

District name Quebrada Honda-Vesuvio Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Pompei )
    First year 1900

Comments on the production information

  • RIBORONESIA AND PRASCONOU REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MINED OUT IN COLONIAL TIMES. IN 1948, ANIMUS AND SANTA ISABEL WERE BEING WORKED. INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

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.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 11 LEVELS, NAMED AFTER VEINS EXCEPT CERRO CUNI ADIT.

Comments on development

  • WAS FORGOTTEN AND REDISCOVERED SHORTLY BEFORE 1900. FLOTATION PLANT TO PRODUCE PB-AG CONCENTRATE AT 10 TONS PER DAY (1948)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1012

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND ERICKSEN, GEORGE E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1017, P. 80-85, PL. 6,7,8

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP; BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: MINED ON SIX LEVELS, HAS MAJOR BRANCHES, MOST MINERALIZATION ON LEVELS 1, 2, AND 3. ORE BODY 7: OTHER SMALL VEINS ARE ALSO FOUND USUALLY NO THICKER THAN 0.2 M, 60 M LONG, 5 M WIDE.
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL TIMES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-73 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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