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El Dorado Mine

Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080317
MRDS ID W031433
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.66646, -6.33144 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2400 M N72E OF HUALGAYOC, Lat And Long. For Halgayoc, Acc To 1 Or 2 Min

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE RIO HUALGAYOC CANYON, 250 M ABOVE STREAM LEVEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IN PRINCIPAL MANTO, ARE 1.75 M THICK, CONTAINS 19% PB, 20% ZN, L 1 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.66646, -6.33144
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60W TO N75W
    Dip 15S TO 20S
    Thickness 2.75M
    Length 80M
    Width 65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds Of Shaley Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Malaga Santolaya
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Hualgayoc Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL MANTO MINED BEFORE 1950 HAS ARE THICKNESS OF 1.75 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Ericksen, George E. U.S. Geological Survey

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