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Sinchao Deposit

Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111262
MRDS ID W031438
Record type Site
Current site name Sinchao Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.66646, -6.33144 (WGS84)
Elevation 3750
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.75 KM N47W OF 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

  • IN QUEBRADA SINCHAO TO NW OF TINGO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH ENARGITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.66646, -6.33144
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE BODY
    Strike N60W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 100M
    Length 1000M
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicated To Recrystallized Limestone Roof Pendant In Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hualgayoc Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY MANY PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS, AND ADITS, ALL FILLED OR CAVED IN 1950

Comments on development

  • NORTHERN PERU MINING AND SMELTING CO. DID EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING IN EARLY 1920'S CERRO CORP DRILLED DEPOSIT IN 1960'S-BOTH COMPANIES OUTLINED LARGE PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE DEPOSIT

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.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 6, P.1, 6-13.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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