Pozos Ricos

Prospect in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007749
MRDS ID CAJ0006
Record type Site
Current site name Pozos Ricos
Alternate or previous names Hualgayoc

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.60951, -6.74587 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position HUALGAYOC, Est Ubicacion Del Pueblo De Hualgayoc.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Comments on the location information

  • SE ENCUENTRA UBICADO DENTRO DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE HUALGAYOC, CON ACCESO DESDE HUALGAYOC MEDIANTE UNA CARRETERA DE TIERRA AFIRMADA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.60951, -6.74587

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hualgayoc

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ing. Raul Benavides
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Colquirrumi S.A.

Comments on the production information

  • EL MINERAL ES BASTANTE RICO.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 80,000 TM PROBADAS

Comments on the workings information

  • EL METODO DE EXPLOTACION DE ESTA MINA ES EL DE CORTE Y RELLENO, LA PERFORACION SE REALIZA CON PERFORADORAS ATLAS COPCO Y DINAMITA SEMEXA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LLONTOP BRAVO L. PROYECTO 03 SUB-PROEYECTO DE SEGURIDAD MINERA

  • Production

    RAUL BENAVIDES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SE TIENE PEQUENOS PROBLEMAS DE GASES, DEBIDO A QUE LA VENTILACION NATURAL ES DEFICIENTE, PORQUE LAS LABORES SE ENCUENTRA ALEJADAS DE LA SUPERFICIE. NO SE DETECTO POLVO DEBIDO A LA PRESENCIA DE AGUA, ORIGINADO POR LAS FILTRACIONES DE LAS LLUVIAS QUE CAEN EN LA REGION , SE UTILIZA POCA MADERA PORQUE LA ROCA ES VASTANTE DURA. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-94 Alva Ruiz, Jose L. Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru
Updater 01-MAR-94 Gonzales Chavez, Rosa Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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