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Huayllahura Area Nickel-Cobalt 39

Past Producer in Ayacucho, Peru with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068937
MRDS ID W002214
Record type Site
Current site name Huayllahura Area Nickel-Cobalt 39

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.68299, -13.13115 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position ONE GROUP OF DEPOSITS IS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF HUAYLLAHURA, APPROX. 25-30 KM ESE OF SAN MIGUEL. THE CERRO CENCCAN (SENJAN, CHIQUINTUCA) DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 3 KM EAST OF HUAYLLAHURA. THE TITIPUCRO (PUNQUI?) DEPOSIT IS 5-6 KM WEST OF HUAYLLAHURA.

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

  • NO. 39 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE, CALCITE, PYRRHOTITE

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.68299, -13.13115
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E; N80W
    Dip 45; ?
    Width 0.12M
  • Dip 45; ?

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huayllahuru Area

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. 1571

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 DEPOSIT IS SHORT.

Reporter information

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

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