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Segunda Rebelde Mine

Past Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080320
MRDS ID W031436
Record type Site
Current site name Segunda Rebelde Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.66646, -6.33144 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1000 M SE OF HUALGOYOC ON E SIDE OF CERRO SAN JOSE, Lat. And Long For Hualgayoc

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Comments on the location information

  • THE WESTERN END OF THE DISTRICT IS 10 KM NORTH OF THE TOWN OF CASTROVIRREYNA AND ITS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EDGES LIE ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKES ORCOCOCHA AND CHOCLOCOCHA RESPECTIVELY. ALL MAJOR MINES ARE ACCESSIBLE BY CAR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.66646, -6.33144
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nearby Veins Trend Ene

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 70N TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • DACITIC AND RHYOLITIC PYROCLASTIC ROCKS PRESENT IN MANY PLACES NEAR THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISTRICT. ZONING IS EXPRESSED BY A GRADUAL CHANGE IN MINERALOGY FROM ONE END OF THE DISTRICT TO THE OTHER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Hualgayoc Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IN THE AREA OF 100-500 TON/DAY (1962) BY MINING COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY 0.1 - 1 MILLION TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 246.89M
    Overall width 50M

Comments on development

  • IN 1954 THE ACTIVE MINING COMPANIES AND IN DIVIDUALS IN THE DISTRICT WERE, IN ORDER OF PRODUCTION, CASTROVIRREYNA METAL MINES CO., CORPORATION MINERA CASTROVIRREYNA, DANTE COSTAGNOLA, AND CESAR POZO E HIJOS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G. E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN UNEXPOSED ELONGATE PLUTON IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOURCE OF ALL THE DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT. ZONING OBSERVED IS THOUGHT TO BE A FUNCTION OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SOURCE AND THE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZED AREA 5 X 13 KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Ericksen, George E. U.S. Geological Survey

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