Jaguey No. 1

Prospect in Arequipa, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005662
MRDS ID ARE0048
Record type Site
Current site name Jaguey No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66629, -16.58103 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Relative position EL PROSPECTO EN REFERENCIA SE UBICA EN EL PARAJE JAGUEY, DISTRITO SAMUEL PASTOR

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

  • SU ACCESO ES POR LA CARRETERA PANAMERICANA SUR HASTA ALTURA DEL KM 881, ES DECIR A 142 KMS DE AREQUIPA Y A 40 KM DE CAMANA. EL PUERTO MAS PROXIMO ES EL DE MATARANI, QUE SE ENCUENTRA A 160 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Complejo Basal De La Costa
    Rock description Complejo Basal De La Costa
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.66629, -16.58103

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Falla

Ore body information

  • General form ISOMETRICO
    Strike N20E
    Dip 75 NW
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Estructurales

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 500 M. AL NORTE SE HAN DESCUBIERTO ESTRUCTURAS CON SIMILARES CARACTERISTICAS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Jaguey No. 1

Comments on the production information

  • NO HAY DATOS SOBRE PRODUCCION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LAS PEQUENAS LABORES HASTA AHORA EFECTUADAS HAN PUESTO DE MANIFIESTO ESTRUCTURAS DE POBRE MINERALIZACION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 4M

Comments on the workings information

  • HASTA LA FECHA DE LA INSPECCION SE HAN HECHO PEQUENOS CATEOS, ADEMAS DE UN PIQUE DE 4M. DE PROFUNDIDAD UBICADO A 15M. DE LA CARRETERA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ N,HORACIO; INFORME TECNICO DEL PROSPECTO "JAGUEY NO. 1", BMP.1971; COD.B5778

  • Deposit

    CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL; INGEMMET, 1993

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SE OBSERVA LA FALLA CON 1 M. DE POTENCIA, ESTA FALLA CONTIENE VALORES DE COBRE EN FORMA DE OXIDOS, LAS CUALES SE PRESENTAN COMO DEBILES IMPREGNACIONES EN MATERIAL BRECHOSO

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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