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Santa Lucia Gold 51

Producer in Ayacucho, Peru with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068892
MRDS ID W002164
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Lucia Gold 51

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58301, -14.95609 (WGS84)
Relative position THE SANTA LUCIA MINE IS IN THE SANTA LUCIA OR JAGUAY VALLEY ABOUT 8 KM ESE OF LOS INCAS MINE AND 40 KM IN THE SAME DIRECTION FROM NAZCA IN THE PROVINCIA DE LUCANAS (NAZCA SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ayacucho(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ayacucho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION 51 FROM METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969 SHOWN AS COPPER ON MET MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58301, -14.95609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Santa Lucia Vein Is In Granodiorite. It Dips 45 Deg-80 Deg, Averages About 80-100 Cm Wide, Is Composed Of Quartz With Small Amounts Of Pyrite, Chalcopyrite And Galena. Gold Was Free And Also Was Associated With The Sulfide Minerals. Ore Heads Averaged 23-25 Grams Per Ton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Worked In Colonial Period, Large Scale Operation Since 1944

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Explotadora De Huarangullo. Mine Shut Down 1951-Ore Exhaustion

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1945 - 1951
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^23 - 25 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 24g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AMOUNT BASED ON GOLD CONTENT OF 24 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 394

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. REPOR

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

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

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