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Saramarca [Gold-Copper Deposit 46]

Past Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068894
MRDS ID W002166
Record type Site
Current site name Saramarca [Gold-Copper Deposit 46]
Alternate or previous names Santa Rosa, Mina Sara Marca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.09136, -14.5311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position IN THE RIO VISCO VALLEY, 10 KM NE OF PALPA IN THE PROVINCE OF NAZCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 46 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969, SHOWN AS COPPER ON MET MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Incahuasi
    Rock description Incahuasi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Copara Group
    Rock description Copara Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.09136, -14.5311
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Length 400M
    Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Aurifera Consolidada

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. 403

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AGUILAR REVOREDO, 1941, CURSO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING., INST. NAC. POLITECNICO SUPERIOR, 99 P.

  • Deposit

    BECKWITH, H. REA, 1939, GOLD IN PERU: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 140, NO. 5, P. 49053

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER ICA0152.
Deposit First Production Year: 1936-COMPANIA AURIFERA JARAMARCA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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