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Chungar Contact Metasomatic Copper 45

Producer in Pasco, Peru with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068926
MRDS ID W002201
Record type Site
Current site name Chungar Contact Metasomatic Copper 45
Related records 10182176

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.54973, -11.13123 (WGS84)
Elevation 4350
Relative position 8 KM NNW OF THE RIO PALLANGA MINE AND ABOUT 30 KM NE OF CANTA, IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTA, LIMA; 360 KM E OF LIMA

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. 45 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, GARNET, CALCITE, PYRRHOTITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN CHUNGAR COPPER AND LEAD CONCENTRATES THE AS:SB RATIO IS 1 TO 0.1-0.6. SILVER PREDOMINATES IN THE LEAD CONCENTRATES (OVER 100 OZ/TON), WHERE AS COPPER AND ZINC CONCENTRATES ARE SILVER POOR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.54973, -11.13123
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description No Structural Control Of The Ore Shoots Is Evident. In More Recent Workings, Moderately Inclined Pipes With Lead-Zinc Ore Seem To Be Controlled By The Intersections Of Faults And Occur Both In Tactites And Granodiorite. On The West Side Of The Stock, Pyrrhotite Is Abundant, And A Little Molybdenite Occurs In Fractures In The Granodiorite.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR FRACTURES IN TACTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Huayllay

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Chungar, S. A. )
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1924 - 1955
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 - 4 % Cu, Based On 1953 Mill Head
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNTS ABOVE EXCLUDE DATA NOT AVAILIABLE FOR 1926-1930, 1932-1944, AND 1948; FEED GRADE (1990) 0.65% CU, 4.09% PB, 15.77% ZN, 3.59 OZ/ST AG. RECOVERY FROM CONCENTRATES 57.36% CU, 82.0% PB, 95.18% ZN, 72.27% AG.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 53000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
    Silver Ag 93.31 g/mt Silver Major 1990
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Major 1990
    Zinc Zn 16 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON 5-6 YEAR MINE LIFE IN 1990 AND 1990 ORE PRODUCTION.
  • 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

  • FRACTURES IN TACTITE FILLED WITH CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, AND DARK SPHALERITE, HERE AND THERE FRACTURES MAY WIDEN INTO SIZEABLE ORE BODIES; SHRINKAGE STOPING; WORK ONE PRINCIPAL VEIN

Comments on development

  • ; MILL.CAP : 350 MT/DAY (1990)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 977

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HARRISON, JOHN V., (UPPER CRETACEOUS CALCAREOUS GROUP), 1953, GEOLOGIA DE LA ZONA DEL CAMINO ENTRE CANTA Y HUAYLLAY: INST. NAC. INV. Y FOMENTO MINEROS BOL., NO. 9, P. 15-17

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, ROBERT F., AND MANRIQUE, ALBERTO, 1955, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE PLOMA Y ZINC DE LA REGION DE RIO PALLANGA: INST. NAC. Y FOMENTO MINERO BOL., NO. 13, P. 18-19

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION, P. 66-67.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPORT'S GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES, S.R.L., P. 149-151.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SHALLOW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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