Gota De Oro Prospect

Occurrence in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096115
MRDS ID TC41115
Record type Site
Current site name Gota De Oro Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.0528, -9.90267 (WGS84)
Elevation 4245
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 13.9 KM NW OF HUALLANCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE, NEAR MOUTH OF QUEBRADA RETAMA, 1.5 KM SE OF BODOQUE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.0528, -9.90267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Huallanca Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT.

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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN BRECCIA AND ALTERATION ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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