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Merced Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodity Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080310
MRDS ID W031424
Record type Site
Current site name Merced Mine
Alternate or previous names Anna
Related records 10182850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.34197, -9.30631 (WGS84)
Elevation 4560
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 23 KM AT N87E OF MARCARA

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 THE SOUTH WALL OF THE QUEBRADA HONDA 1.75 KM SOUTH EAST OF THE FALLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.34197, -9.30631
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEP SW TO VERTICAL DIP
    Length 37M
    Width 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quebrada Honda-Vesuvio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1947. INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER (1948).

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT 37 M LONG, STOPES, AND CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, 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

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLICKENSIDES ON VEIN WALL PLUNGE 65 NW; BANDED ORE; GALENA ASSAY UP TO 70 OZ/TON; SLIGHTLY CURVED VEIN.

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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