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Huacravilca

Occurrence in Junin, Peru with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093756
MRDS ID W026873
Record type Site
Current site name Huacravilca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.53303, -12.46452 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Relative position HUANCAYO, 50 KM FROM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Common Ore Consists Of Laminae Of Magnetite Which Are Greatly Altered On The Surface.

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 55
Result SIO2 , 4
Result S, 0.6
Result AND P, TRACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.53303, -12.46452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • TABULAR DEPOSITS IN ZONES ALONG CONTACT OF AN INTRUSIVE & ADJACENT LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name South Andean Marginal Metallogenic Province

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 32000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 55 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 150,000 - 200,000 TONS ON TOTAL RESERVES VARYING FROM 3,150,000 TO 4,200,000 TONS, BUT IN AN ADDITIONAL TABLE GAVE FOR THE DISTRICT "PROBABLE" RESERVES OF 12 MILLION TONS AND POSSIBLE RESERVES AS 20 MILLION TONS, PRODUCING A TOTAL OF 32 MILLION. BECAUSE OF CONFLECTING INFORMATION ALVARADO USED 4 MILLION TONS OF INDICATED RESERVES AND 28 MILLION OF INFERED RESERVES OR A TOTAL OF 32 MILLION BUT CLASSIFIED THEM AS POTENTIAL ONE (AS SHOWN IN THESE TABLES) BECAUSE OF LACK OF SPECIFIC PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DEPOSIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • HUACRAVILCO HILL CONTAINS MAGNETITE CONCENTRATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY TABULAR FORM, IN ZONES ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN AN INTRUSIVE AND THE ADJACENT TRIASSIC LIMESTONE. THE MAGNETITE BODIES GENERALLY CONTAIN A NUMBER OF IMPURITIES, MAINLY SILICATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION, P. 67-68.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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