Andaychagua Lead-Zinc Mine 6

Producer in Junin, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068944
MRDS ID W002221
Record type Site
Current site name Andaychagua Lead-Zinc Mine 6
Alternate or previous names Colombia Vein Old Mine, Andaychaga Vein New Mine
Related records 10133264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.98305, -11.75621 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position THE ANDAYCHAGUA REGION IS ABOUT 3 KM SOUTH OF THE SAN CRISTOBAL (TRIUNFO) MINE AND 10-11 KM SE OF YAULI IN THE PROVINCIA DE YAULI, 124 MI E OF LIMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 6 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.98305, -11.75621

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30-40 E
    Dip 85NW
    Length 800M
    Width 0.4M
    Depth to bottom 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1532

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Societe Anonyme Des Mines De Yauli 1893-1899; Centromin (1980'S- )

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Columbia Vein: 450 - 1500 G Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 975g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1987-1990 FROM NEW MINE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 945510000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1990
    Zinc Zn 4.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1990
    Silver Ag 207.459 g/mt Silver Minor 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969 INDICATE SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
  • RESERVES OF THE NEW MINE

Comments on development

  • OLD MINE WAS EXPANDED IN 1980'S, EXPANSION PROJECT COMPLETE 1987 WITH INVESTMENT OF US $42 MILLION; FEED GRADE 0.99% PB, 4.14% ZN, 183.6 OZ/MT AG ; ECON.COM: CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY 910 T/D (1981)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1218

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JOCHAMOWITZ, ALBERTO, 1940, LA REGION MINERA DE ANDAYCHAGUA: BOL. MINAS Y PETROLEO, V. 61-63, P. 9-15.

  • Deposit

    RIVERA PLAZA, GIL, 1940, ESTUDIO MINERAGRAFICO PRELIMINAR DEL RELLENO DEL FILON "COLOMBIA" (MINA SANTA CECILIA) DE LA REGION ANDAYCHAGUA, PROVINCIA DE YAULI: BOL. OF DIR. MINERIA Y PETROLEO, V. 61-63, P. 16-18

  • Deposit

    5) VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1899A, MINAS DE ANDAYCHAGUA (YAULI): SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 1, ART. 33, 4 P.

  • 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. 127-129.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    FRANK SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REP.; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969 REF. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EXPLOITED DURING LATTER PART OF COLONIAL PERIOD

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

Beyond USGS

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