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Portachon Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065560
MRDS ID TC40910
Record type Site
Current site name Portachon Mine
Alternate or previous names Chaves Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.95644, -8.92577 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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

  • AROUND UPPERMOST LAKE, LAGUNA CUILLORCOCHA, OF QUEBRADA FLERE; A TRIBUTARY OF RIO NEPENA DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.95644, -8.92577
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name CHAVES MINE
    General form LENS
    Strike N50-80E}N50-55E}N45E}N-N70-85E
    Dip 60SE}60SE}STEEP SE}STEEP
    Thickness 0.55M
    Length 8M
    Width 4M
  • Name NE OF LAKE
    General form LENS
    Strike N50-80E}N50-55E}N45E}N-N70-85E
    Dip 60SE}60SE}STEEP SE}STEEP
    Thickness 0.35M
    Length 150M
  • Name 75 N OF OREBODY 1
    General form LENS
    Strike N50-80E}N50-55E}N45E}N-N70-85E
    Dip 60SE}60SE}STEEP SE}STEEP
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M
  • Name EAST END OF LAKE
    General form LENS
    Strike N50-80E}N50-55E}N45E}N-N70-85E
    Dip 60SE}60SE}STEEP SE}STEEP
    Thickness 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name Portachon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Henrique Chaves
    First year 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

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