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Telepaccha Lead Zinc Mine 4

Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068978
MRDS ID W002259
Record type Site
Current site name Telepaccha Lead Zinc Mine 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.25803, -12.74784 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position THE TELEPACCHA REGION IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIO COTAY, 10 KM SSE OF SAN JOSE DE ACOBAMBILLA AND 80 KM SOUTH OF HUANCAYO IN THE PROVINCIA DE HUANCAVELICA (HUANCAYO SHEET).

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. 4 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE CALCITE, PYRITE, BITUMEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.25803, -12.74784
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Volcanic Rocks Of Tertiary Age, Comprising Gently Warped Flows Of Trachyandesite Overlain By Andesite(?) Tuffs And Flows, Rest On Limestone Of Cretaceous Age Trending North And East Of The Telepaccha Region. The Limestone Is Folded Into An Anticline Trending N40-45 Deg W And Plunging Se. The Volcanic Rocks Are Cut By A Series Of North-Trending Shear Zones And Minor Ne Striking Fractures.

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip STEEP
    Length 900M
    Width 0.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Are Irregular Fissure Veins 60-120 Cm Wide Containing 50-70 Cm Of Galena And A Little Sphalerite And Pyrite In A Gangue Of Calcite And, Curiously, Some Late Bitumen. Silver Content Is Very Low. Of The Three Veins Data Is Available For, Ore Content Varies From 0-15% Pb, 0-30% Zn.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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. PROBABLY LESS THAN 100,000 MET TONS ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT KNOWN IF MINE IS ACTIVE. MAPS INDICATE WORKING MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1204

  • 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

Reporter information

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

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