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Cerros Culebrilla Mine

Occurrence in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065562
MRDS ID TC40912
Record type Site
Current site name Cerros Culebrilla Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.91671, -8.91077 (WGS84)
Elevation 4388
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM NW OF VILLA SUCRE.

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

  • ON SW FLANK OF CERROS CULEBRILLA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.91671, -8.91077
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike ENE
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 1M
    Length 660M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873

Comments on the production information

  • ABANDONED IN 1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 OR 9 SHORT ADITS, INCLINE STORES, PITS

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, 165P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHORT VEINS IN ZONE WITH ALTERATION ZONES OF UP TO M. IN 1947, VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION SEEN.

Reporter information

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

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