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Riqueza Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065766
MRDS ID TC41172
Record type Site
Current site name Riqueza Mine
Related records 10158444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.03752, -9.92906 (WGS84)
Elevation 4675
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 7.2 KM NE OF PACHAPAQUI.

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

  • 200 M W OF CREST OF CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH ON E SIDE OF QUEBRADA BURRO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Pyritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.03752, -9.92906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name MAIN VEIN
    General form LENS
    Strike N60E}N75E
    Dip VERTICAL}85 N
    Thickness 0.55M
    Length 70M
    Width 5M
  • Name 200 M SW
    General form LENS
    Strike N60E}N75E
    Dip VERTICAL}85 N
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pachapaqui Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF ORE (PB-CU). INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH AND 70 M ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: BEDDING SHEAR OR FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

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

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