Santa Monica, Mina

Past Producer in La Libertad, Peru with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102387
MRDS ID LLB0149
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Monica, Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.01896, -7.82304 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position EL YACIMIENTO UBICA EN EL CERRO HUASCAR, QUEBRADA SANTA MONICA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Libertad(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru La Libertad
Peru La Libertad

Comments on the location information

  • TRUJILLO-SAUSAL= 61 KM. SAUSAL-QUEBRADA SANTA MONICA- MINA = 18 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Chicama
    Rock description Chicama
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.01896, -7.82304

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 70M
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SE HAN ESTIMADO 50,000 TM. DE MATERIAL COMO RESERVA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DR. BOSSE; INFORME TECNICO RECONOCIMIENTO Y EVALUACION PRELIMINAR DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES, ROCAS Y TIERRAS EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE LA LIBERTAD Y CAJAMARCA; VOLUMEN II. REPUBLICA FEDERAL DE ALEMANIA, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO CONSTA DE 2 HORIZONTES DE CALIZA LAS CUALES SE ENCUENTRAN SEPARADAS POR MAS DE 20 M. DE LUTITAS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-94 Pantoja Moran, Francis Judith Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru
Updater 01-AUG-94 Rosa Gonzales Chavez Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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