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San Antonio Prospect

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080309
MRDS ID W031423
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Prospect
Related records 10304281

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.05002, -9.93462 (WGS84)
Elevation 4378
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM AT N 23 E OF PACHAPAQUI

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

  • 100 TO 200 METERS NORTH OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN QUEBRADA BURRO AND QUEBRADA NUPACUTA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME LENSES CONTAIN MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SULFIDE MINERALS

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Machay
    Rock description Machay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.05002, -9.93462
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 2M
    Length 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pachapaqui Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Argenta Bolognesi

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE IS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN MOST AND CONTAINS MODERATELY LARGE TONNAGES OF VEIN MATERIAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE DESCRIBES LARGER LENSES IN A ZONE ABOUT 5 METERS WIDE WHICH CAN BE TRACED NORTHWESTWARD ABOUT A KILOMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Bordine, Donald L. (Ericksen, G.E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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