San Jose De Huan.

Producer in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304249
MRDS ID ARE0041
MAS/MILS ID 3330170008
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose De Huan.
Alternate or previous names San Jose De Huanzala, Huanzala
Related records 10096814, 10280037

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.99973, -9.86485 (WGS84)
Elevation 3960

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.99973, -9.86485

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 55E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 175M
    Width 50M
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:55E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1721

Mining district

District name Huallanca Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Huanzala
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 200
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METAL MINING IN PERU, P 184-185

  • Deposit

    PRAEGER PUBS., NEW YORK, 339 PGS.

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A., ERICKSEN, G., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    CORDILLERA BLANCA AND N. CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: USGSB

  • Deposit

    P. 108-110.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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