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San Antonio De Esquilache Lead Zinc Mine 70

Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068973
MRDS ID W002252
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio De Esquilache Lead Zinc Mine 70

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.2829, -16.09771 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position THIS MINE IS JUST SOUTH OF THE SETTLEMENT OF SAN ANTONIO DE ESQUILACHE, 40 KM SW OF THE CITY OF PUNO IN THE PROVINCIA DE PUNO (ICHUNA SHEET). IT MAY BE REACHED VIA 90 KM OF ROAD FROM PUNO.

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. 70 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue
Calcite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.2829, -16.09771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Length 1500M
    Width 12M
    Depth to bottom 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1619

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mauricio Hochschildy Compania

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. 1441

  • 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., 1893-1894, 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

    JIMENEZ, CARLOS P., 1924, RESENA HISTORICA DE LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: SINTESIS DE LA MINERIA PERUANA EN EL CENTENARIO DE AYACUCHO, DIR. DE MINAS Y PETROLEO, V. 1, P. 30

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE WIDTH 200-300 CM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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