Huachon Gold 16

Producer in Pasco, Peru with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068883
MRDS ID W002155
Record type Site
Current site name Huachon Gold 16

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.96639, -10.66459 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position 30 KM ENE OF CERRO DE PASCO IN THE PROVINCIA DE PASCO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pasco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Pasco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 16 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969 SHOWN AS COPPER MINE ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mitu Group;Pucara Limestone
    Rock description Mitu Group;Pucara Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.96639, -10.66459

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-70W
    Dip 30 NE (USUALLY STEEP)
    Length 2000M
    Width 0.12M
    Depth to bottom 400M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1600
Year of first production 1934

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Nacional

Production statistics

  • Year 1931
    Period 1931
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 - 25 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 16g/mt
  • Year 1945
    Period 1931 - 1945
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 - 25 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 16g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT BASED ON AVERAGE 16 G/TON AU. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. LESS THAN 100,000 TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 458

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PFLUCKER, LUIS A., 1949-50, EL ORO: LA MINERIA PERUANA, NO. 63, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    HARRISON, JOHN V., 1951, GEOLOGIA DE LOS ANDES ORIENTALES DEL PERU CENTRAL: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL, V. 21, 97 P., MAP 2 OF 3.

  • Deposit

    WELTER, OTTO, 1946, APUNTES SOE LA GEOLOGIA DE LOS ALREDEDORES DE HUACON: INST. GEOL. DEL PERU BOL., NO. 6, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR GOLD DURING LAST FOUR CENTURIES
Deposit First Production Year: 1934-FIRST LARGE SCALE MINING
Deposit SHOOTS WITH LENGTH 350 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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