Santa Damilia Prospect

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099560
MRDS ID TC40930
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Damilia Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.85587, -9.12576 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM WSW OF PUEBLO LIBRE.

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 SPUR BETWEEN QUEBRADA HUAPULAHURAN AND VALLEY TO NORTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.85587, -9.12576

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, ORE SHOOT
    Strike N65-70E
    Dip 70SE
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pueblo Libre District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.