Huachocolpa District Lead-Zinc Mine

Producer in Huancavelica, Peru with commodities Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001609
MRDS ID W002239
Record type District
Current site name Huachocolpa District Lead-Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Luchito Iv, Luchito I, China Hereje, Pirata, Guignol, Betty, Granada, Consuelo, Victor Raphael, Muaricio Iii, Rubio, Teresa, Recuperada, Carlos Alberto, Caudalosa Chica, Peseta, Blenda Rubia Mines
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Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.93299, -13.03113 (WGS84)
Relative position NO. 19 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969. THE HUACHOCOLPA DISTRICT IS JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE OPAMAYO, IT MAY BE REACHED BY 20-25 KM OF ROAD FROM PASO DE CHONTA ON THE PISCO-HUANCAVELICA ROAD ABOUT 230 KM NE OF PISCO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huancavelica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huancavelica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) AT THE CONTACTS OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS, VOLCANICS ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY ALTERED; MAFIC MINERALS ARE CHLORITIZED & FELDSPARS ARE SERICITIZED & SAUSSURITIZED.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.93299, -13.03113

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE OLDEST ROCKS ARE A SEQUENCE OF 500 M OR MORE OF FINE-GRAINED THIN TO THICK-BEDDED GRAY LIMESTONE WITH SUBORDINATE GRAY, GREEN, RED OR BLACK SHALE; YELLOW TO BROWN MUDSTONE & MARL; & A BED 40-60 M THICK, OF GREEN TO REDDISH-GREEN MEDIUM-GRAINED QUARTZITE OVERLAIN BY SHALE & BASALT. THIS SEQUENCE IS OF JURASSIC AGE. THE BEDS ARE FOLDED ASSYMMETRICALLY OR OVERTURNED TO THE NE ALONG AXES TRENDING NNW. THE FOLDS ARE OF PRE-VOLCANIC AGE, AS THE OVERLYING ROCKS, FOR THE MOST PART, ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY FOLDED. IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, BEDS OF TUFFACEOUS LIMESTONE, MARL, SILTSTONE & CHERT INTERBEDDED WITH ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS, ARE POSSIBLY EQUIVALENT TO THE CASAPALCA FORMATION OR CASAPALCA RED BEDS OF CENTRAL PERU, PRESUMABLY OF EARLY TERTIARY AGE.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT-FOLDS IN THE JURASSIC LIMESTONE, FAULTS ALONG THE LIMESTONE-VOLCANIC CONTACT, AND MAJOR DIKES.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1600
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name HUACHOCOLPA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner COMPANIA MINERA HUANCA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1169

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    LOVEDAY, SANTIAGO, 1905A, LA MINERIA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE HUANCAVELICA: SOC. ING. DEL PERU BOL., V. 7, P. 41-44, 49-64.

  • Deposit

    DUENAS, ENRIQUE, 1908, FISIONOMIA MINERA DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE TAYACAJA, ANGARAES Y HUANCAVELICA: CUERPO DE ING DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 62.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1982, P. 359.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 290.

  • Deposit

    BIRNIE, R.W., AND PETERSON, U., 1977, THE PARAGENETIC ASSOCIATION AND COMPOSITIONAL ZONING OF LEAD SULFOSALTS AT HUACHOLPA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 7, P. 983-992.

  • Deposit

    VALDEZ MUENTE, ARTURO, 1921, IMPORTANCIA DE LA REGION MINERA DE HUACHOCOLPA Y CASTROVIRREYNA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE HUANCAVELICA: CONG. NAC. INDUSTRIA MINERA ANALES, V. 2, PT. 3, P. 71-91.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1972, P. 200 D 7) INTERNAT. DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCES. OPERAT. 1977

Beyond USGS

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