Santa Lucia Region Copper Deposits

Producer in Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068785
MRDS ID W002035
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Lucia Region Copper Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.66625, -15.6644 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 55 KM WSW. OF JULIACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF DISTRICT NEAR SAN JOSE MINE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHARANA (SE 19-6) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Tacaza Volcanics
    Rock description Tacaza Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.66625, -15.6644

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Concentration Of Ore In Some Places Particularly In Shallow Synclines Near Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS NORTH AND EAST OF CERRO TATITUKOLLO RHYOLITE DOME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lampa Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, ADITS, AND SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY SPANISH UNTIL 1780. INTERMITTENT WORKINGS 1923-1930 FOR ZN-CD AND CU. ; ECON.COM: NOT CURRENTLY WORKED. OLD WORKINGS HAD PROBLEMS WITH CO2 GAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINISTRIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 1969, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENICA DEL PERU; MINISTRIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, LIMA, PERU

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F. S., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, UNPUB. REPORT, P. 882, (USGS)

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 2 PRINCIPAL VEIN SYSTEMS, SAN JOSE AT BERENGUELA AND MANCO KAPAC SOUTH OF BERENGUELA. OUTLYING VEINS ARE FOUND AT MARIMARINI AND PACOCAHUA TO THE SW OF BERENGUELA. DISTRICT IS ZONED. OUTER ZONE: MALACHITE-CHALCOCITE-QUARTZ-PYRITE-PYRRHOTITE-NATIVE SILVER VEINS IN BERENGUELA VOLCANICS. INNER ZONE: SPHALERITE-GALENA-GREENOCKITE VEIN SWARM IN PARALLEL MULTIPLE TENSION FRACTURES CUTTING BLEACHED SANDSTONES. CORE ZONE: SILVER-GOLD? IN SILICIFIED BRECCIAS WITHIN RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE. RELATED TRAVERTINE MOUNDS ARE ENRICHED IN AS, AG, AU, AND SB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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