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Wilson Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065613
MRDS ID TC40970
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.52726, -9.77685 (WGS84)
Elevation 4740
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM WSW OF TICAPAMPA.

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 NE FLANK OF CERRO HUANCAPETI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.52726, -9.77685
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-75W
    Dip 70NE-70SW
    Thickness 2M
    Length 400M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sr. Cesar Masa Rios

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1947, 10 TONS HAND-SORTED CONCENTRATE PER MONTH. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, CROSS-CUT, SLOPES AND TRENCHES.

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 ARE OTHER PROSPECTS WITHIN A KM CONSISTING OF VEINS.

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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