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Tuctu Mine and Prospects

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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 10068980
MRDS ID W002261
Record type Site
Current site name Tuctu Mine and Prospects
Alternate or previous names Tuctu Lead Zinc Mine 29

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.51782, -9.78824 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position SOUTHEAST FLANK OF CERRO HUANCAPETI, 9 KM SW OF RECUAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 29 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969. SOUTHEAST FLANK OF CERRO HUANCAPETI, INCLUDES THREE PROSPECTS WITHIN A 2 KM RADIUS. TUCTU DEPOSIT IS ON SOUTH WALL OF CIRQUE 1 KM SE OF OUTLET OF LOWER LAKE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Gouge, Alteration Up To 6 M From Veins.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.51782, -9.78824
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Is Flat-Lying Volcanics With Some Older Folded Volcanics At Ne End Of Area.

Ore body information

  • Name TUCTU MINE
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 1.6M
    Length 85M
    Width 10M
  • Name PROSPECTS SW OF TUCTU
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 0.12M
    Length 100M
  • Name PROSPECT NE OF TUCTU
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 0.12M
    Length 10M
  • Name SOUTHERN MOST VEIN 2 KM NE OF TUCTU
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 15M
  • Name MIDDLE MOST VEIN 2 KM NE OF TUCTU
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 0.4M
  • Name NORTHERN MOST VEIN 2 KM NE OF TUCTU
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 0.2M
  • Name VEIN 2 KM NE OF TUCTU
    General form VEINLETS, LENS
    Strike N55E}N30-60E}N75E}N75E}N75W}N70W}N60W
    Dip STEEP SE, 55-70NW}75NW}VERTICAL}75SE}VERTICAL}75SW}85NE
    Thickness 0.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Veinlets, And Lenses In Clay Gouge Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Cesar Masa Rios ) Owner Of Tuctu Mine That Was In Operation In 1947.
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1947 PRODUCING 10-15 TONS OF HAND-COBBED CONCENTRATE OF 40% PB, 14% ZN, 3% CU, 1800 G/TON AG, AND 6 G/TON AU. FROM TUCTU MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TUCTU ARE INCLUDED IN THE HUANCAPETI-COLLARACRA (TICAPMPA AREA)

Comments on the workings information

  • TUCTU MINE 2 ADITS 25 AND 55 M LONG AND 16 M LONG SURFACE CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1034

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: USGS BULL. 1040, P. 77-80, FIG. 7

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP., BODENLOS AND STACZEK (1957).

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969-1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS FOUND IN ZONE ABOUT 2.5 KM LONG, INDIVIDUAL VEINS SHORT IN LENGTH. TUCTU MINE: MINEABLE LENSES OF 50-75% SULFIDE UP TO 50 CM WIDE. PROSPECTS SW OF TUCTU: 700 M NE OF TUCTU MINE NEAR BASE OF SE WALL OF CIRQUE; CONSISTS OF QUARTZ, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, IN 60 CM WIDE ALTERED ZONE. SOUTHERNMOST VEIN 2 KM NE OF TUCTU: ORE SHOOT MINED OUT. VEIN MATERIAL IS GOUGE WITH VEINS, VEINLETS, AND LENSES OF PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND CALCITE. WALL ROCK IS STRONGLY ALTERED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-73 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 05-AUG-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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