Eliana Deposit

Past Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064312
MRDS ID TC38640
Record type Site
Current site name Eliana Deposit
Alternate or previous names San Martin Manto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.88638, -13.78919 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Relative position 50 KM EAST OF PISCO, 230 KM SOUTH OF LIMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • S OF QUEBRADA SAN JUAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Actinolite + Epidote + Scapolite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Eliana Gabbrodiorite
    Rock description Eliana Gabbrodiorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.88638, -13.78919

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, VEINS
    Strike N70E
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Period 1967-1972
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.7% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS AT CONTACT OF GABBRODIORITE SILL AND VOLCANICS AS FLAT LYING MODERATELY FOLD TABULAR STRUCTURE. ORE HAS AMPHIBOLITIC GANGUE.
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER ICA0110.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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