Sacracancha

Producer in Junin, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184003
MAS/MILS ID 3330210024
Record type Site
Current site name Sacracancha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.16642, -11.66458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE BEARINGS ARE FOR THE TOWN OF MOROCOCHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.16642, -11.66458

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cia Explotadoro Sacracancha, S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING ANALYSIS SYSTEM. LEAD AND ZINC MINES

  • Deposit

    OF THE WORLD (ZINC). MARCH 25, 1975, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    OF THE WORLD (LEAD). MARCH 25, 1975, P. 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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