Cuprita, Mina

Occurrence in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005653
MRDS ID ARE0036
Record type Site
Current site name Cuprita, Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.36626, -16.78936 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600
Relative position SE UBICA AL SUR DE LA CIUDAD DE AREQUIPA CONTINUA A LA MINA CHAPI CAMINO AL SANTUARIO VIRGEN DE CHAPI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • EL ACCESO SE REALIZA MEDIANTE LA CARRETERA A CHAPI APROXIMADAMENTE 73KM DE CARRETERA AFIRMADA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SE TIENEN DATOS SOBRE MINERALES, SIN EMBARGO SE ALINEA CON LA MINA DE COBRE CHAPI S.A.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.36626, -16.78936

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yarabamba

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO HAY INFORMACION SOBRE NINGUN TIPO DE RESERVAS SALVO SU UBICACION EN EL PLANO DEL INFORME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POOL RAMIREZ, ALBERTO; ESTUDIO ZONAL DE YARABAMBA, BMP. 1980; COD.B6583

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SE TIENE MUY POCA INFORMACION SOBRE DICHA MINA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1994 Casilla Sotomayor, Elvis Wilfredo Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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