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Macon Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065586
MRDS ID TC40940
Record type Site
Current site name Macon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72059, -9.36769 (WGS84)
Elevation 4595
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM SW OF CARHUAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD AND ON EAST WALL OF QUEBRADA DE PUNYA NE OF THE LAKE. SOUTHERN VEIN AT 4610 M AND NORTHERN VEINS AT 4580 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite, Quartz-Epidote-Chlorite-Tourmaline

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72059, -9.36769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name SOUTH VEIN
    General form LENSES, ORE SHOOTS
    Strike N75W, N15E}N60-80W
    Dip 60NE, 65-70NW}VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.28M
    Length 32M
  • Name NORTH VEINS
    General form LENSES, ORE SHOOTS
    Strike N75W, N15E}N60-80W
    Dip 60NE, 65-70NW}VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.25M
    Length 45M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLDED ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH GRAYWACKE AND OVERLAIN BY PORPHYRITIC ANDESITE, OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE FLAT LYING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Teodoro Presa (Pre-1947- )

Comments on the workings information

  • 21 M CUT, 7 M ADIT, 4 M UNDERCUT IN SOUTH VEIN; 12 M ADIT, 10 M ADIT IN NORTH VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTH VEIN: MINERALIZED FAULT N75W AND BRANCH SHEAR ZONE N15E THAT IS 1.5 M THICK; VEINLETS SPREAD IN SHEAR ZONE TOTAL 0.25-0.3 M THICK; OCCURS IN FOLDED ANDESITE. NORTH VEINS: PYRITIZED AND SILICIFIED PORPHYITIC ANDESITE. SULFIDE CONCENTRATION 25-90 CM. VEINS ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED M NORTH OF THE SOUTH VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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