La Purisima

Occurrence in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007756
MRDS ID CAJ0015
Record type Site
Current site name La Purisima
Alternate or previous names Cia. Minera La Purisima S.A.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.86646, -7.0314 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SAN MIGUEL

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

  • DIST. COLQUIS, PROV. SAN MIGUEL, DPTO. CAJAMARCA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.86646, -7.0314

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Minera La Purisima S.A. Dpto. Colquis, Prov. San Miguel Y Dpto. Cajamarca.

Comments on development

  • LA OPERACION EN LA MINA SE ENCUENTRA PARALIZADA HACE DOS ANOS PERO ES UN INTERESANTE YACIMIENTO QUE DEBE SER DESARROLLADO Y EXPLOTADO. ; ECON.COM: EN EL ESTUDIO ORIGINAL (INFORME N 74/81-DEP) DEL BANCO, SE ESTIMO, EN BASE A LAS LABORES EXISTENTES Y MUESTREOS REALIZADOS EN EL NIVEL "0", 35,000 TM DE MINERAL PROSPECTIVO, CUYAS LEYES SE ESTIMAN DE 11 OZ/TM AG Y 0.083 OZ/TM AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAUL MATTA A. (ECONOMISTA) INFORME ECONOMICO FINANCIERO N043/85-DSO INGEMMET B21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LA VIDA DE LA MINA ESTARA EN FUNCION AL TOTAL DE MINERAL DE CANCHA DE 11,000 TM Y A SU CAPACIDAD DE PRODUCCION MINERA. EN EL PROYECTO ORIGINAL HAN CONSIDERADO QUE EL TRATAMIENTO DE MINERAL DE CANCHA SE REALIZARIA EN UN ANO. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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