Fray Martin Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065596
MRDS ID TC40951
Record type Site
Current site name Fray Martin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.62532, -9.42103 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM WEST OF PALTAY; ABOUT 15 KM NW OF HUARAS.

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 RIDGE BETWEEN QUEBRADAS JACAYURAL AND COLCAPAMPA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.62532, -9.42103

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35-45W
    Dip 70-75SW-85NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Teodoro Presa
    First year 1947

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, CROSSCUT, INCLINE, STOPES.

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

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.