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Vinchos Lead Zinc Mine 3

Producer in Pasco, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068984
MRDS ID W002265
Record type Site
Current site name Vinchos Lead Zinc Mine 3
Related records 10182628

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.29972, -10.47293 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pasco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Pasco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 3 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, CALCITE, RHODOCHROSITE, BARITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.29972, -10.47293
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike VARIABLE; N30-55E
    Dip STEEP; ALSO N
    Length 400M
    Width 0.6M
    Depth to bottom 200M
  • Strike VARIABLE; N30-55E
    Dip STEEP; ALSO N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.5 % Pb, 350 G Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 350g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct

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. 1413

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING DIRECTORY, MARCH 1984, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMON, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; WORLD MINING DIRECTORY, MARCH 1984, P. 32

  • 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
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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