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Mina Azurita

Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068909
MRDS ID W002181
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Azurita
Alternate or previous names Azurita, Narducci Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.62303, -13.9564 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position IT IS 6 KM ESE OF SAN JOSE DE LOS MOLINOS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE RIO ICA, 13.5 KM NE OF ICA.

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. 16 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antlerite Ore
Atacamite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Epidote, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Humay-Linga Supergroup
    Rock description Humay-Linga Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.62303, -13.9564
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 60NW
    Length 150M
    Width 0.15M
    Depth to bottom 120M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS MEDIUM-GRAINED BIOTITE QUARTZ DIORITE. THE AZURITA VEIN, STRIKE N70 DEG E, DIP. 60 DEG-90 DEG NW, IS ALONG A SHEAR ZONE AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF 150 CM OF BRECCIATED WALL ROCK NEARLY COMPLETELY REPLACED BY QUARTZ AND CALCITE, WITH DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, AND A LITTLE GALENA. FOR ABOUT 40 M FROM THE SURFACE, THE VEIN WAS STRONGLY LEACHED AND CONTAINED ONLY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF COPPER. BETWEEN DEPTHS OF 40 AND 85 M. APPROXIMATELY, A ZONE OF SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT WITH CHRYSOCOLLA, ANTLERITE, BROCHANTITE, CUPRITE (?), TENORITE (?) AND CHALCOCITE WAS EXPLOITED. BELOW 85 M, PRIMARY SULFIDE ORE OF LOW GRADE APPEARS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Los Molinos Zone

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Javier Cabrera Darquea

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1956 THE MINE WAS PRODUCING 10-20 TONS PER MONTH OF HAND SORTED ORE AVERAGING 25-30% COPPER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. RESERVES BASED ON A DEPTH OF 60 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 681

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FUCHS, FREDERICO G., 1905, LA REGION CUPRIFERA DE LOS ALREDEDORES DE ICA Y PAZCA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL. NO. 29, P. 44-51

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., SITE VISIT

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO Y MINERO, 1972, LOS YACIMIENTOS METALICOS DEL PERU: INGEOMIN; JUN. 1972.

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ HARO, J.R., 1986, EVALUACION DE RECURSOS CUPRIFEROS DE 22 MINAS DE LA PROVENCIA DE ICA, BANCO MINERO SEL PERU, LIMA, 12 SET. 1966, COD: B0018.

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ DAVILA, M., GEOLOGIA DEL CUADRANGULO DE GUADALUPE (INEDITO); INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALURGICO-INGEMMET.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972. RODRIGUEZ HARO (1966).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS WITH LENGTH 70 M
Deposit SEE RECORD ICA0120.
Deposit THE AZURITA MINE IS THE BEST KNOWN IN THE REGION. IT WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE NARDUCCI MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-73 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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