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Santa Barbara

Past Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079719
MRDS ID W029818
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Barbara
Alternate or previous names Belen Tunnel, Socavon De Chayllatacana, San Javier, San Nicolas, Carlos Iii, Guadalupe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.09108, -12.862 (WGS84)
Elevation 4400
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM S FROM HUANCAVELICA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Comments on the location information

  • ON SANTA BARBARA HILL AT S END OF THE GRAN FARALLON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Orpiment Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Realgar Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 178
USGS model code 27b
Deposit model name Almaden Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pucara Group;Machay Formation;;
    Rock description Pucara Group;Machay Formation;;
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Gran Farallon Sandstone, Goyllarisquiza Group;Chayllatacana Volcanics, Goyllarisquiza Group
    Rock description Gran Farallon Sandstone, Goyllarisquiza Group;Chayllatacana Volcanics, Goyllarisquiza Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.09108, -12.862
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR WITH PIPE-LIKE PROJECTIONS
    Dip STEEP W
    Thickness 10M
    Depth to top 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMED AT SOUTHERN TERMINATION OF THE GRAN FARALLON SANDSTONE WITHIN V FORMED BY TWO INTERSECTING FAULTS THAT DIP WEST WITH MANY OTHER FAULTS WITHIN THE V.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1570
Discoverer Incas

Mining district

District name Huancavelica Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cabrera, Amador
    First year 1564
    Last year 1570
  • Type Operator
    Owner Spanish Crown
    First year 1570
    Last year 1821
  • Type Operator
    Owner Olavegoya, Don Demetrio
    First year 1836
  • Type Operator
    Owner Fernandini Co.
    First year 1915
    Last year 1946
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sociedad Minera El Brocal S. A.
    Last year 1915

Production statistics

  • Year 1700
    Period 1500-1700
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2% Hg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Mercury Mercury 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FLASK EQUALS 76 POUNDS; DISTRICT PRODUCTION BUT DOMINATED BY SANTA BARBARA BRAKEWELL (1971) GIVES THE DISAGGEGATED DATA. HIS ORIGINAL DATA WERE IN QUINTALS (1 QUINTAL EQUALS 1.622 FLASKS). INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN PIT, VARIOUS ADITS AND STOPES.

Comments on development

  • TRANSFERRED TO SPANISH CROWN IN 1570 PIT WAS 222 FT LONG, 111 FT WIDE, AND 166 FT DEEP. 1775, THE MINE WAS 1772 FT LONG AND 328 FT DEEP. PRESENT OPEN CUT (1945) 1575 FT LONG, 328 FT WIDE. BELEN TUNNEL COMPLETED IN 1642. ALL ADITS EXCEPT PART OF BELEN WERE CAVED IN 1945, LESS THAN 5% OF WORKINGS WERE ACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED AREA WITH ORE BODIES RANGING FROM 1-10 M THICK AND OTHERS UP TO 20 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-78 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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