Viso-Aruri District Lead Zinc Mine

Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001612
MRDS ID W002266
Record type District
Current site name Viso-Aruri District Lead Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Coricancha Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.23302, -11.84787 (WGS84)
Relative position NO. 28 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lima(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Lima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.23302, -11.84787

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY ESSENTIALLY FLAT-LYING VOLCANIC ROCKS OF PRESUMED TERTIARY AGE THAT ARE CALLED BY HARRISON 'UPPER LAVA AND ASH GROUP'. THESE VOLCANICS ARE MORE THAN 1000 M THICK (AS MUCH AS 1800), AND REST UNCONFORMABLY ON TIGHTLY FOLDED DARK LIMESTONE. THE LAVAS RANGE IN COMPOSITION FROM RHYOLITE TO BASALT BUT ARE PREDOMINANTLY GREEN TO BLACK PORPHYRITIC ROCKS OF ANDESITIC OR DACITIC COMPOSITION. THE BEDS ARE GENTLY FOLDED. THE VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE CUT BY RHYOLITE OR TRACHYTE. CUTTING THE VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE A SERIES OF ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL FRACTURES.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1852
Year of first production 1852

Mining district

District name VISO-ARURI DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner NEGOCIACION MINERA Y METALURGICA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1352

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1899, EXTRACTO DEL INFORME SOBRE LAS MINAS Y OFICINA DE PARAC: SOC. NAC. DE MINERIA BOL., V. 2, P. 382-392

  • Deposit

    PETERSEN, ULRICH, 1955, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERA VISO-ARURI: SOC. NAC. DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO BOL., SER. 2, NO. 42.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.

  • Deposit

    HARRISON, JOHN V., 1951B, GEOLOGIA ENTRE POMACOCHA Y QUEBRADA TINAJA: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL., V. 23, 28P, GEOLOGIC MAP.

Beyond USGS

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