Huancavelica District

Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodities Mercury, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001607
MRDS ID W002218
Record type District
Current site name Huancavelica District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.01639, -12.81454 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR THE SANTA BARBARA DEPOSITS; FOR OTHER DEPOSIT NAMES AND LOCATIONS SEE M110. NO. 60 AND OTHER LISTED NOS. ARE ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

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 Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.01639, -12.81454

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name HUANCAVELICA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1577

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    GASTELUMENDI, A.C., 1917? OR 1921, HUANCAVELICA COMO REGION PRODUCTORA DE MERCURIO: CONG. NAC. DE LA INDUSTRIA MINERA, ANALES, V. 2, PT. 2, P. 33-69

  • Deposit

    BERRY, E.W., AND SINGEWALD, J.T., 1922, GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE HUANCAVELICA MERCURY DISTRICT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. STUDIES IN GEOLOGY 2, P. 1-101.

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G., KENT, D.F., AND FERNANDEZ CONCHA, J., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE HUANCAVELICA QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, PERU: USGS BULL. 975-A, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ CONCHA, JAIME, YATES, ROBERT G Y KENT, DEAN F., 1952, (SPANISH TRANSLATION OF #6 ABOVE.)

  • Deposit

    RIVERO, MARIANO EDUARDO DE, 1857, COLECCION DE MEMORIAS CIENTIFICAS, V. 2, P. 85-176

  • Deposit

    CABRERA LA ROSA, AUGUSTO, 1954, SITUACION ACTUAL DE LA MINERIA DEL MERCURIO AN AL PERU(1954): MINERA Y METALURGIA, MADRID (SPAIN).

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.E., 1868,NOTES ON THE QUICKSILVER MINE OF SANTA BARBARA IN PERU: AM. JOUR. SCI., 2D SER., V. 45, P. 5-9

  • Deposit

    LOVEDAY, SANTIAGO, 1905A, LA MINERIA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE HUANCAVELICA: SOC. ING. DEL PERU BOL, V. 7, P. 41-44, 49-65.

  • Deposit

    DUENAS, ENRIQUE, 1908, FISIONOMIA MINERA DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE TAYACAJA. ANGAREAS Y HUANCAVELICA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 62, 197 P.

  • Deposit

    STRAUSS, L. W., 1909, QUICKSILVER AT HUANCAVELICA, PERU: MIN. SCI.

Beyond USGS

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