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Quebrada Quirhac Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099562
MRDS ID TC40948
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Quirhac Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.65809, -9.37658 (WGS84)
Elevation 4050
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM SW OF MARCARA; 22 KM NW OF HUARAS.

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

  • IN UPPER QUEBRADA QUIRHUAC, 4 KM EAST OF CREST OF RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Altered Zones Up To 15 M Wide.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.65809, -9.37658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Length 1000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ABANDONED IN 1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, INCLINES, PITS

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

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE 1 KM LONG CONTAINING VEINS WITH ATITUDES OF N20E, 20SE; N-S, 75W; N45W, 30SW; N60W, 85NE; N35-50W, 75-90NE. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR ZONE AND PARTS OF THE ZONE.

Reporter information

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

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

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