Juanita

Past Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065208
MRDS ID TC40308
Record type Site
Current site name Juanita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.57084, -11.91315 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 50 KM EAST OF LIMA.

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Casma Group
    Rock description Casma Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.57084, -11.91315

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Peru Bar S.A., Subsidary Of National Lead Industry Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • METAL PRODUCTION AND RESERVES FOR ALL HIGH GRADE MASSIVE SULFIDES, LEONILA-GRACIELA, JUANITA, SANTA CECILIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIDAL, C., C.E., 1987, KUROKO-TYPE DEPOSITS IN THE MIDDLE CRETACEOUS MARGINAL BASIN OF CENTRAL PERU :ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 6 P. 1409-1430

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    VIDAL, C. (1987).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1970'S-1980'S
Deposit LOCATED IN ROOF PENDANT OF COASTAL BATHOLITH IN A RECUMBENT ANTICLINE, MASSIVE SULFIDES FOLDED; EASTWARD CONTINUATION BEEN TECTONICALLY DISRUPTED AND OFFSET AND IS MINED AS SANTA CECILIA ORE BODY. STOCKWORK ZONE OCCURS AT 1200 M LEVEL IN MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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