La Estrella

Past Producer in La Libertad, Peru with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064302
MRDS ID TC38628
Record type Site
Current site name La Estrella

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.33308, -8.82633 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position 2.5 KM EAST OF HUAYLILLAS, 5 KM NNW OF TAYABAMBA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Libertad(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru La Libertad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU IS ASSOCIATED WITH PYRRHOTITE (90% OF THE SULFIDES) AND RUNS 10-30 G/T AU, PYRITE CARRIES 6-8 G/T AU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Smaltite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Copacabana Group
    Rock description Copacabana Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.33308, -8.82633

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 8M
    Length 250M
    Depth to top 60M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pataz Region

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS TO 60 M DEPTH AND INCLINE OF MORE THAN 100 M LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR LIMESTONE-DIORITE CONTACT; LIMESTONE AT CONTACT IS METAMORPHOSED TO WOLLASTONITE, GARNET, EPIDOTE, CHLORITE, BIOTITE; ZONE IS 1000 M LONG. INDIVIDUAL LENSES 60-70 M LENGTHS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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