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Tomelamano Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107372
MRDS ID W031429
Record type Site
Current site name Tomelamano Mine
Related records 10207051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.32781, -9.29715 (WGS84)
Elevation 4480
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 26 KM AT N85E OF MARCARA

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

  • SITUATED ABOUT 300 M ABOVE VALLEY FLOOR AND 4 KM EAST OF THE FALLS AT THE LOWER END OF THE VINOYAPAMPA. N SIDE OF QUEBRADA HONDO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN PLACES THE VEIN IS BANDED AND CONTAINS NUMEROUS VUGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.32781, -9.29715
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Bedded Quartzite On The West Limb Of Closely Folded Syncline. Four Shear Zones Are Cut By The Crosscut On The Main Level Of The Mine.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25-45W
    Dip 50-90 NE
    Thickness 2M
    Length 170M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quebrada Honda-Vesuvio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • RICHEST ORE CONTAINS 20% GALENA THAT CONTAINS AS MUCH AS 180 OZ/TON AG. ACTIVE IN 1948. INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 175 M DRIFT, CROSS-CUT.

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.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE FILLINGS: MASSIVE QUARTZ, DEPOSITED FIRST, WAS BRECCIATED PRIOR TO DEPOSITION OF THE SULFIDE MINERALS. ORE SHOOTS 5-15 M LONG, 2 M THICK, AND 20+ METERS WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Bordine, Donald L. (Ericksen, G.E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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