Recompensa Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080287
MRDS ID W031401
Record type Site
Current site name Recompensa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.09114, -9.51575 (WGS84)
Elevation 4573
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1600 METERS N 13 E OF THE LAKE ANTAMINA OUTLET; ABOUT 10 KM S80E OF SAN MARCOS.

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

  • AT THE HEAD OF A VALLEY NORTH OF QUEBRADA ANTAMINA, JUST ACROSS DIVIDE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermally Altered Intrusive Rock And Pyritized Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jumasha Limestone;
    Rock description Jumasha Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.09114, -9.51575

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Four Nw Trending Dikes Intrude Area

Ore body information

  • Name S VEIN
    General form LENSES
    Strike N25W}N25W}N30W}N80W}N20W
    Dip 70 SW}75 SW}85-90 SW}VERTICAL}65 TO 85 SW AND 25 TO 35 SW
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 45M
    Width 51M
  • Name NEXT N VEIN
    General form LENSES
    Strike N25W}N25W}N30W}N80W}N20W
    Dip 70 SW}75 SW}85-90 SW}VERTICAL}65 TO 85 SW AND 25 TO 35 SW
    Thickness 0.1M
    Length 50M
  • Name NEXT N VEIN
    General form LENSES
    Strike N25W}N25W}N30W}N80W}N20W
    Dip 70 SW}75 SW}85-90 SW}VERTICAL}65 TO 85 SW AND 25 TO 35 SW
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 35M
  • Name N VEIN
    General form LENSES
    Strike N25W}N25W}N30W}N80W}N20W
    Dip 70 SW}75 SW}85-90 SW}VERTICAL}65 TO 85 SW AND 25 TO 35 SW
    Length 12M
  • General form LENSES
    Strike N25W}N25W}N30W}N80W}N20W
    Dip 70 SW}75 SW}85-90 SW}VERTICAL}65 TO 85 SW AND 25 TO 35 SW
    Length 450M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antamina Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.9HA
    Overall length 411.48M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND ALONG VEINS FOR A DISTANCE OF 150 METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FOUR VEINS. ORE BODY 0: HOSTED IN RHYOLITE WITH 10-15 M W BRANCH, ORE SHOOTS-LENSES OF GALENA-4 M LONG 20 CM WIDE. ORE BODY 1: HOSTED IN RHYOLITE. ORE BODY 2: HOSTED IN LIMESTONE IN HANGING WALL OF RHYOLITE DIKE. ORE BODY 3: HOSTED IN LIMESTONE.
Deposit SMALL STRINGERS OF GALENA MIGHT YIELD A FEW TONS OF HIGH GRADE CONCENTRATE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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