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Sextri Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080314
MRDS ID W031430
Record type Site
Current site name Sextri Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.41669, -9.19659 (WGS84)
Elevation 4260
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 20 KM AT N44E OF MARCARA, 2 KM NW OF VESUVIO.

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

  • DOWNSLOPE FROM HUAMANA AT THE BASE OF A STEEP WALL IN QUEBRADA HUICHJANCA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.41669, -9.19659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W, N10E
    Dip 30 SW, 60 NW
    Thickness 1M
    Length 200M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quebrada Honda-Vesuvio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS ONE AT 4250 AND OTHER AT 4270 N AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Bordine, Donald L. (Ericksen, G.E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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