De Cerro Colorado, Cantera

Past Producer in Ica, Peru with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024260
MRDS ID ICA0077
Record type Site
Current site name De Cerro Colorado, Cantera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.06639, -13.33115 (WGS84)
Elevation 520
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 8 KM AL NE DE LA CIUDAD DE CHINCHA, Acc Margen Izquierda De La Quebrada Huatiana

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • ES ACCESIBLE POR CARRETERA AFIRMADA DESDE CHINCHA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Analytical data

Result SEGUN LOS ESTUDIOS HECHOS POR ROSPIGLIOSI AND CASTRO, LOS DEPOSITOS DE CUATRO TOLVAS, CORREVIENTO, CERRO COLORADO Y CERO BON (EL ALAMO), HAN SIDO CLASIFICADOS COMO BENTONITAS, FUNDAMENTALMENTE POR EL P[ORCENTAJE DE MONTMORILLONITA. EL RESULTADO DEL ANLISIS MINERALOGICO Y QUIMICO DEL DEPOSITO DE "CERRO COLORADO" ES EL SIGUIENTE
Result MMT: 50%, PLAG: 20-50%, QTZ: 5-20%, SIO2: 49.00%, AL2O3: 19.98%, FE2O3: 1.97%, CAO: 1.34%, MGO: 5.16%, K2O: 0.63%, NA2O: 0.48%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.06639, -13.33115

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Plegamiento De La Secuencia Sedimentaria Mesozoica

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO (MANTO)
    Dip SUB HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 0.05M
    Length 50M
    Width 10M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EL MANTO DE BENTONITA PRODUCTO DE ALTERACION DE ROCAS VOLCANICAS SE PRESENTA INTERCALADO CON OTRAS DERRAMES VOLCANICOS, TAMBIEN INTENSAMENTE ALTERADOS POR CONTACTO CON CUERPOS IGNEOS, PERTENECIENTES AL BATOLITO ANDINO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1986

Mining district

District name Area Chincha

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.14HA
    Length 70M
    Overall depth 1M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • EL DEPOSITO DE BENTONITA QUE SE PRESENTA EN UN MANTO DE 0.50 M DE GROSOR Y BUZAMIENTO SUB-HORIZONTAL, FUE EXPLOTADO HACE DOS ANOS EXTRAYENDOSE ALGUNAS TONELADAS. AL MOMENTO DE LA VISITA SE LE ENCONTRO ABANDONADO, APARENTEMENT POR SER ANTIECONOMICA SU EXPLOTACIONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSPIGLIOSI C., CONSTANTINO ANDASTRO BUENO, RUBEN; RECONOCIMIENTO Y SELECCION DE DEPOSITOS NO METALICOS EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ICA; CONVENIO CORDEICA - INGEMMET; P. 7, 1 PLANO; COD. B1444; LIMA, 1986

  • Deposit

    FERNADEZ DAVILA, MARCOS; GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PISCO, GUADALUPE, PUNTA GRANDE, ICA Y CORDOVA; BOL NO. 47 SERIE "A" CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL; INGEMMET, 1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-93 Figueroa Cardich, Alvaro Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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