Santa Barbara El Brocal - Hg

Past Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207286
MRDS ID TC41105
MAS/MILS ID 3330150011
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Barbara El Brocal - Hg
Alternate or previous names Santa Barbara
Related records 10065721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99968, -12.99782 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99968, -12.99782

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1600
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Huancavelica Quicksilver District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sociedad Minera El Brocal S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • WHEN THIS MINE WAS ACTIVE ITS PRODUCTION WAS 200 MT MERCURY PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS, PERU; NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, 1978,

  • Deposit

    P. 328.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER, COMPANIES BY COUNTRY; PERU;

  • Deposit

    SAN FRANCISCO, MILLER-FREEMAN, 1979, P. 146.

  • Deposit

    THE PERU REPORT'S - "LAS MINAS DEL PERU" - "MINES AND

  • Deposit

    MINERS IN PERU".

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE BEARINGS ARE FOR THE DISTRIC OF HUANCAVELICA, PERU. THE SANTA BARBARA WAS CLOSED IN 1970 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS. AND HAS NOT REOPENED. NO OTHER DATA IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS OPERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-1994 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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