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Chaco Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080312
MRDS ID W031426
Record type Site
Current site name Chaco Mine
Related records 10158569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.34197, -9.31298 (WGS84)
Elevation 4765
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 24 KM AT S81E 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

  • LOCATED ON THE EAST WALL OF THE QUEBRADA CANCAHUA AND IS 1.5 SOUTH OF THE STREAM FLOWING ALONG THE VINOYAPAMPA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.34197, -9.31298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name PRINCIPAL VEIN
    General form TABULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 50M

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

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER (1948).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 20M

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SMALLER ADITS OF PRINCIPAL VEIN, 3 SHORT ADITS ON SMALLER VEINS.

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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