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San Samuel Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080302
MRDS ID W031416
Record type Site
Current site name San Samuel Mine
Related records 10288682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.95613, -10.22488 (WGS84)
Elevation 4385
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.7 KM N 50 W OF LAGUNA SOLTERANCACOCHA, Lat And Long From Index Map Of Pacllon-Llamac Mining District, P 11.

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

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE PACLLON-LLAMAC RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Machay;Goyllarisquizga
    Rock description Machay;Goyllarisquizga

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.95613, -10.22488
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding, Steep Dips, And Many Bedding Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline, Axial Plane Strikes N 20 W And Dips 65 Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15-30 W
    Dip 70-90 SW
    Thickness 4M
    Length 100M
    Width 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Fault, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1677

Mining district

District name Pacllon - Llamac Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, SHAFTS UP TO 10 M DEEP, INCLINED SHAFT 10-15 M LONG, PITS, EXPOSE VEIN MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF THE VEIN MATERIAL IS A GRANULAR MIXTURE OF PYRITE AND ALTERED LIMESTONE WHICH CONTAINS IRREGULAR BODIES OF MARMATITE WITH DISSEMINATED GRAINS AND VEINLET OF GALENA. MINERALIZED AREA IS 100 M LONG AND 50-60 M WIDE.
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL TIMES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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