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Mercedes Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065603
MRDS ID TC40959
Record type Site
Current site name Mercedes Mine
Alternate or previous names Mercedes Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.51226, -9.61157 (WGS84)
Elevation 3300
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 KM SSE 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

  • 1 KM N OF QUEBRADA JAUNA; SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS E AND 30 METERS HIGHER THAN ROAD NEAR BASE OF CERRO LLACSHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Seritization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.51226, -9.61157
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Jorge Caceres .
    First year 1948

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12% Pb, 420 G/ Ton Ag.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 12wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 420g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 2 MONTHS PRODUCTION. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT (22 M LONG) INCLINE, AND MAIN DRIFT (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

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FOLLOWS FRACTURE ZONE OF WEAK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 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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