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Mines and Prospects of Tingo Area

Past Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080322
MRDS ID W031441
Record type Site
Current site name Mines and Prospects of Tingo Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.66646, -6.33144 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR VILLAGE OF TINGO 3800 M N65W OF HUALGAYOC

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

  • MANY VEINS, PITS AND CAVED ADITS IN AREA N OF TINGO 2000 M LONG (N-S) AND AS MUCH AS 1000 M WIDE CHIEFLY ON CERRO SAN LOVENZO AND CERRO SAN PEDRO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.66646, -6.33144
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60W TO N85W
    Dip VERTICAL TO STEEPLY N OR S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 1000M
    Width 250M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hualgayoc Mining District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 180HA
    Overall length 1645.92M
    Overall width 1000M

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 100 CAVED ADITS PRESENT OF WHICH LONGEST EST LESS THAN 100 M OF LEVEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ONLY 1 MINE OPERATED IN 1950, PRODUCED FEW TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE

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

Reporter information

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

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