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Mariscal Mine

Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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 10065609
MRDS ID TC40966
Record type Site
Current site name Mariscal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.50587, -9.81518 (WGS84)
Elevation 4660
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 9 KM SW OF TICAPAMPA.

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

  • ON NE END OF SHEAR ZONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.50587, -9.81518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 1.6M
    Length 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sr. Eufugenio Huerta

Comments on the production information

  • DORMANT IN 1947. INACTIVE INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 15 M LONG.

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 CONTAINS ABOUT 15% SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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