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Contonga

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099570
MRDS ID TC41129
Record type Site
Current site name Contonga
Alternate or previous names Contonga Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.07057, -9.48269 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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

  • CENTER OF STOCK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Near Rhyolite, Limestone Bleached And Recrystallized, Rhyolite Altered; Limestone Locally Silicified.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jumasha Limestone;
    Rock description Jumasha Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.07057, -9.48269
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Anticline To E Of Area And Sharp Syncline To W. Mine Area On Common Limb. Nw Strike And 55-80 Sw Dip.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Limb Of Limestone Intruded By Stock 300 By 350 M, Dikes And Sills From 20-300 M Long And 0.5 To 15 M Thick; Fault Zones Up To 175 M Long And 1-3 M Thick.

Ore body information

  • Name WEST SIDE OF STOCK
    General form FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA
    Dip }}}}}
    Thickness 1.25M
    Length 125M
  • Name SOUTHSIDE OF STOCK
    General form FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA
    Dip }}}}}
    Thickness 1.35M
    Length 75M
  • Name EASTSIDE OF STOCK
    General form FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA
    Dip }}}}}
    Thickness 3M
    Length 120M
  • Name NE SIDE OF STOCK
    General form FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA
    Dip }}}}}
    Thickness 2.25M
    Length 135M
  • Name N AND NW SIDE OF STOCK
    General form FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA
    Dip }}}}}
    Length 180M
  • Name WITHIN STOCK
    General form FAULT: SIZES GIVEN AGGREGATE FOR AREA
    Dip }}}}}

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contanga Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1948 PRODUCING LESS THAN 5 TONS OF PB CONCENTRATE PER MONTH. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND BEDDING PLANE. ORE BODY 3: SILICIFIED ZONE ON EAST END OF ZONE HAS UP TO 5% GALENA. ORE BODY 5: STOCK HAS HEAVY LIMONITE STAINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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