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Cerro Plumisa 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065585
MRDS ID TC40939
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Plumisa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.75337, -9.37658 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15 KM SW OF CARHUAS., Est +/- 2 Min.

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 FLANK OF SMALL PEAK JUST WEST OF CREST OF CORDILLERA NEGRA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Kaolinite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.75337, -9.37658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2M
    Length 110M
    Width 37M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NOT ACTIVE IN 1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, STOPES AND CHUTES. LOWEST ADIT 150 M LONG; NEXT 17 M ABOVE, 28 M; NEXT 9 M ABOVE, 13 M ADIT AND 20 M OPEN CUT.

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

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES OF SULFIDES 6-15 M LONG, 0.5-2 M WIDE IN FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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