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Kata Lead Zinc Mine 24

Producer in Cusco, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068967
MRDS ID W002245
Record type Site
Current site name Kata Lead Zinc Mine 24

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.00792, -15.29774 (WGS84)
Elevation 4800
Relative position THE KATA MINE IS 10 KM SE OF THE CONDOROMA MINE, JUST NORTH OF LAGUNA PICHOJATA IN THE PROVINCIA DE ESPINAR, (CONDOROMA SHEET)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cusco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cusco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 24 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ, RHODOCHROSITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wallrock Is Moderately Kaolinized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.00792, -15.29774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mine Is In A Sequence Of Dense Purple Amygdaloidal Porphyritic Andesite Flows That Appear To Be Essentially Flat-Lying. The Flows Are Cut By A Post-Mineral Dike Of Fine-Grained Porphyry As Much As 15 M Wide.

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 90?
    Length 300M
    Width 0.1M
    Depth to bottom 400M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Consists Of Short Rich Lenses Of Galena And Sphalerite With A Little Chalcopyrite And Pyrite, In A Banded Gangue Of Quartz, Rhodochrosite, And Silicified Wall Rock. The Sulfides Form Massive Lenses As Much As 100 Cm Wide And Also Occur In Veinlets And Disseminations. Either Or Both Walls May Be Marked By Post-Mineral Faults. Reserves Of The Kata Mine Were Reported In 1956 To Be 100,000 Tons Containing 6-8% Pb, 5-7% Zn, And 60-90 Grams Of Silver Per Ton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1532

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mauricio Hochschild Y Compania

Comments on the production information

  • * DATA AND GRADE GIVEN FOR 'VEIN A'. THE MINE STILL ACTIVE IN 1973-GRADE UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN ONE AND 10 MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1129

  • 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

    ; 2-4) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: (?) COLONIAL PERIOD. (?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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