Jarampa Mine

Past Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065619
MRDS ID TC40977
Record type Site
Current site name Jarampa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99025, -13.01644 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 178
USGS model code 27b
Deposit model name Almaden Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Gran Farallon Sandstone
    Rock description Gran Farallon Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99025, -13.01644

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 50 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO PARALLEL FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huancavelica Quicksilver District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 30 BY 8 M WITH DEPTH OF 10 M, SHAFT, UNDERGROUND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.