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Comas Region Lead-Zinc Mine 54

Producer in Junin, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068956
MRDS ID W002233
Record type Site
Current site name Comas Region Lead-Zinc Mine 54
Alternate or previous names Cristo Pobre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.06636, -11.75621 (WGS84)
Relative position THE COMAS REGION IS CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE AN EXTENSIVE AREA WITHIN A RADIUS OF 10-15 KM OF THE VILLAGE OF COMAS, 30-35 KM NE OF CONCEPCION AND 40 KM NNE OF HUANCAYO IN THE PROVINCIA DE CONCEPCION. COMAS IS 55 KM BY ROAD FROM CONCEPCION, A TOWN ON THE LA OROYA-HUANCAYO ROAD.

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. 5 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969
  • NO. 54 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE
  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, LIMESTONE, CALCITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.06636, -11.75621
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MANTOS
    Strike N40-80-W; N25-30W
    Dip 75NE; 55SW
    Length 700M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 75M
  • General form MANTOS
    Strike N40-80-W; N25-30W
    Dip 75NE; 55SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • VEINS ASSAY AT 5-20% LEAD, LITTLE ZINC, 50-600 GRAMS OF SILVER PER TON. (F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.)

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, BUT THE COMBINED RESOURCES OF SEVERAL MINES IN THE AREA MAY BE GREATER THAN ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE
  • 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. 1238

  • 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., 1951A, GEOLOGIA DE LOS ANDES ORIENTALES DEL PERU CENTRAL: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL., V. 21, P. 17 AND MAP.

  • 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

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