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Casualidad Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10080288
MRDS ID W031402
Record type Site
Current site name Casualidad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.08781, -9.52269 (WGS84)
Elevation 4580
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1450 METERS N 55 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

  • IN NORTHWEST WALL OF QUEBRADA ANTAMINA, AND EXTENDS FROM NEAR THE FLOOR OF THE CIRQUE TO THE RIDGE CREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Partly Serpentinized

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.08781, -9.52269
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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 Intrusive Dikes Cut By Branching, Crosscutting Fractures And Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 TO 55 W
    Dip 40 TO 80 SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 170M
    Width 75M

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

  • WORKED IN 1948 AND PRODUCING ORE WITH 5-15% GALENA. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.6HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND DRIFTS EXPOSE VEIN MATERIAL

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

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS OF SOLID GALENA UP TO 2 M LONG, 0.05-0.1 M THICK ARE EXPOSED IN PROSPECT PITS. VEIN MATERIAL NEAR STRINGERS CONTAINS 10 TO 30 PERCENT GALENA.

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

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