Quebrada Azulmina Deposits

Past Producer in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080299
MRDS ID W031413
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Azulmina Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.03307, -9.94795 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 12 KM S 55 W OF TOWN OF HUALLANCA, Lat And Long From Index Map Of Huallanca Mining District, P. 9., Lat And Long From Index Map Of Huallanca Mining District, P. 9., Lat And Long From Index Map Of Huallanca Mining District, P. 9.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Machay;Goyllaris Quizga
    Rock description Machay;Goyllaris Quizga

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.03307, -9.94795

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Folds And Faults Trending N 20-35 W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 TO 30 W
    Dip 70 TO VERTICAL NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Huallanca Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.S. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1953, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.