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Palca Lead Zinc Mine 45

Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068968
MRDS ID W002247
Record type Site
Current site name Palca Lead Zinc Mine 45

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.69125, -15.31441 (WGS84)
Elevation 4900
Relative position THE PALCA MINE IS ON NEVADO MINA, 17 KM SW OF HACIENDA PALCA AND 35 KM WEST OF LAMPA IN THE PROVINCIA DE LAMPA (LAMPA SHEET)

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. 45 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Wallrock Silicification Some Propylitized

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.69125, -15.31441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rocks Of The Area Are Volcanics Of The Tacaza Sequence, Intruded By Vertical Dikes As Much As A Meter Wide And By Small Stocks Of Quartz Porphyry. The Volcanic Sequence May Be As Much As 3000 Meters Thick, And Appears To Be Gently Folded Along Ne-Trending Axis.

Ore body information

  • Strike N TO NNE
    Dip STEEP
    Length 2000M
    Width 0.15M
    Depth to bottom 400M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1700

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Palca

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN ONE AND 10 MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1434

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TORRICO Y MESA, JUAN, 1888, BREVES APUNTES SOBRE EL ASIENTO MINERAL DE HUALLANCA: ANALES ESCUELA CONSTR. CIVILES Y DE MINAS, V. 6, P. 29

  • Deposit

    REMY, PEDRO F., 1890, EXCURSIONES CIENTIFICAS. VIAJE AL DEPARTAMENTO DE AYACUCHO: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., V. 6, P. 13-15, 17-19, 52-55

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 17TH CENTURY

Reporter information

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

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