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San Genaro Silver 26

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068906
MRDS ID W002178
Record type Site
Current site name San Genaro Silver 26
Alternate or previous names San Genaro Operation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.14969, -13.16449 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 26 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969; 410 KM SE OF LIMA

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE, MARCASITE, BARITE, RHODOCHROSITE, HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.14969, -13.16449
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Strike N65-100W; N40-80E
    Dip 60; 60
    Length 2000M
    Width 0.13M
    Depth to bottom 200M
  • Strike N65-100W; N40-80E
    Dip 60; 60

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huancavelica District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Minera Castrovirreyna, S. A.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN ONE AND 10 MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE 71,000 LONG TONS, DAILY ORE CAPACITY 200 TPD, CONCENTRATOR FEED CAPACITY 250 TPD, PLANT OPERATING

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EMPLOYMENT 400 (1972), HAULAGE: RAIL, TRUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 557

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1972, PG. 200.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • 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-AUG-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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