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Mina San Pedro Canzas

Past Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt
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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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105313
MRDS ID TC39219
Record type Site
Current site name Mina San Pedro Canzas
Alternate or previous names San Pedro, Canzas, Major Veins Adelaida, Consolodora, Florencia, 23 De Abril, La Virgen,, Tapadita, San Pedro, San Fernando, Contradiccion, Sol Brillante

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.58664, -14.01223 (WGS84)
Elevation 1150
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15 KM ENE OF ICA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF QUEBRADA CANZAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antlerite Ore
Atacamite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Covellite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Magnetite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcite, Epidote, Chlorite

Analytical data

Result ORE WIDTHS 1-2 M AVERAGE 4-5% CU, 200-250 G/T AG, 4-5 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Linga Supergroup
    Rock description Linga Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.58664, -14.01223
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name AVERAGE VEIN
    Strike E-W}N75-80W}N60-80W}E}E
    Dip STEEP N}70-80N}70-80N}STEEP N}STEEP N
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 1000M
    Width 200M
  • Name ADELAIDA VEIN
    Strike E-W}N75-80W}N60-80W}E}E
    Dip STEEP N}70-80N}70-80N}STEEP N}STEEP N
    Thickness 1.75M
    Length 300M
    Width 60M
  • Name TAPADITA-CONSOLADORA VEIN
    Strike E-W}N75-80W}N60-80W}E}E
    Dip STEEP N}70-80N}70-80N}STEEP N}STEEP N
    Thickness 1.25M
    Length 500M
  • Name SAN PEDRO VEIN
    Strike E-W}N75-80W}N60-80W}E}E
    Dip STEEP N}70-80N}70-80N}STEEP N}STEEP N
    Thickness 0.55M
    Length 600M
  • Name SAN FERNANDO
    Strike E-W}N75-80W}N60-80W}E}E
    Dip STEEP N}70-80N}70-80N}STEEP N}STEEP N
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1533
Year of first production 1810

Mining district

District name Zona Canza

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mariano Narducci , Compania Minera Canza )
    First year 1875
    Last year 1885

Comments on the production information

  • EXPLOITED PRE-1810, 1812, 1830, 1848, 1870, 1875-1885, 1947-1957.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 3200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.92 wt-pct Copper Major 1966
    Silver Ag 126 g/mt Silver Minor 1966

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON BLOCK 200 M LONG, 50 M WIDE, 0.8 M THICKNESS WITH 50% RECOVERY.

Comments on development

  • PRE-1947 OXIDEZED PARTS EXPLOITED, POST-1947 SULFIDE PARTS EXPLOITED. ; ECON.COM: ORE TREATED IN 70 T/D FLOTATION AND LEACH PLANT WITH MILLHEADS CONTAINING 1-2.5% CU (1950-1957)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F., 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ HARO, J. R., 1966, EVALUACION DE RECURSOS CUPRIFEROS DE 22 MINAS DE LA PROVINCIA DE ICA: MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO Y OBRAS PUBLICA; LIMA, PP. 17-19, 1 PLANO; COD.B0018.

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ DAVILA, M.; GEOLOGIA DEL CUADRANGULO DE ICA (INEDITO); INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALURGICO-INGEMMET.

  • Deposit

    AGAR, R.A., 1979, MINERALIZACION DE COBRE Y LA SUPER-UNIDAD LINGA DEL BATOLITO DE LA COSTA; BOL. N 60 , SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU, PP. 45-62.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS (1960)

  • Reserve-Resource

    RODRIGUEZ HARO (1966).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit E-W VEINS OCCUPY SHEAR ZONES 50-400 CM OF BRECCIATED ROCK. ARE AN EARLIER N-S SET OF IRON-BEARING BARREN VEINS. AVERAGE VEIN (1) ADELAIDA VEIN (2) AVERAGES 4% CU OVER 6 M WIDTHS. TAPADITA-CONSOLADORA VEIN (3) 450 M NE OF ADELAIDA WAS OXIDIZED TO DEPTHS OF 50-60 M; VEIN CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CALCITE, CHLORITE, WALLROCK AND IRREGULAR POCKETS OF CHALCOPYRITE. SAN PEDRO VEIN (ZONE) (4) 1.5 KM NE OF TAPADITA CONSISTS OF 5 VEINS OVER N-S DISTANCE OF 300 M, INCLUDES SAN FERNANDO (5) 65 M N OF SAN PEDRO, WHICH HAS TWO ORESHOOTS WITH AVERAGE OF 5% CU.
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER ICA0088.
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-COLONIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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