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Santa Rosa Lead Zinc Mine 11

Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068975
MRDS ID W002254
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Lead Zinc Mine 11

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.44135, -12.59784 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position THE SANTA ROSA MINE IS ABOUT 20 KM SE OF PAUCARBAMBA AND 15 KM NNW OF CHURCAMPA IN THE PROVINCIA DE TAYACAJA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 11 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969
  • LOCATION FOR VILLAGE OF VILCAMBAMBA FROM TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ, CARBONATES
  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, CALCITE, PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, RHODOCHROSITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Capacabana Group, Black Shale
    Rock description Capacabana Group, Black Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.44135, -12.59784
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 65SE
    Length 400M
    Width 0.04M
    Depth to bottom 355M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Country Rock Is Blackish Shale (Copacabana Group, Pennsylvanian-Permian), Intruded By Small Masses Of Granitic Rock To The Se. The Principal Vein, San Julian, Contains Galena, Pyrite, And A Little Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, And Chalcopyrite In A Sparse Gangue Of Quartz And Carbonate. Vein Walls Are Sheared.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mauricio Hochschild Y Compania

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Period 1940 - 1952
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^450 G Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 450g/mt
  • Year 1952
    Period 1940 - 1952
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 6wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN 100,000 AND ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE.
  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A FEW SMALL DEPOSITS OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DISTRICT-BUT THE POTENTIAL OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT MAY BE NEARLY ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE-ESTIMATED BY GOUDAPZI 3/74

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1200

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DUENAS, ENRIQUE, 1908, FISIONOMIA MINERA DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE TAYACAJA, ANGARAES Y HUANCAVELICA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 62, P. 44-50

  • 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 FRANK SIMONS DESCRIBES SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS IN THE VILCAMBAMBA DISTRICT, A FEW OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW: 1) NEGRILLOS DEPOSIT-PRINCIPAL METALS ARE CU, PB. WALL ROCK: LIMESTONE. THE NEGRILLOS AREA IS ABOUT 3-4KM SSW OF VILCABAMBA. COUNTRY ROCK IS RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE STRIKING N45-90W, DIPPING NE. THE SANTA RITA VEIN STRIKES N, DIPS 60W, & IS 100M LONG & A FEW CM TO 100CM IN WIDTH. VEIN MATERIAL IS CALCITE WITH VEINLETS OF TETRAHEDRITE & GALENA. THE SAN CARLOS VEIN IS SIMILAR, 150M TO THE W. 2)PASO CHUCUITO DEPOSIT-PRINCIPAL METALS: PB, SOME CU, ZN. WALL ROCK: SLATE, SANDSTONE. VEIN DEPOSIT. 7-8 KM S OF VILCABAMBA. ON CERRO HUAMANRIPIYOG A VEIN 350M OR SO LONG & 10-50CM WIDE CONSISTS OF GALENA IN A QUARTZ-PYRITE GOUGE. VEIN STR. N30W, DIP 85NE. ON CERRO SURACAJA, 3 PARALLEL E-STRIKING VEINS 30 CM WIDE CONTAIN SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZ GOUGE. 3) NEVADO SOIROCCOCHA-PRINCIPAL METALS: PB, ZN, SOME CU...WALL ROCK: METAMORPHICS...VEIN DEPOSIT. SEVERAL SMALL ORE
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR HERE, 10-12 KM SW OF VILCABAMBA. THE SOIROCCHOCHA VEIN, 2-3 KM WEST OF PASO CHUCUITO, IS 300 M. LONG, COMPOSED OF 50 CM OF CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE IN CALCITE AND SIDERITE. V

Reporter information

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

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