Cerro Del Inca Azul, Mina

Past Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054967
MRDS ID PUN0034
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Del Inca Azul, Mina
Alternate or previous names Tambopata, Mina
Related records 10054957, 10054958, 10054959, 10054960, 10054961, 10054962, 10054964, 10054965, 10054966, 10054968, 10054969, 10055025, 10099326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.01623, -14.26445 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position LA MINA DISTA 8 KM. DE LA PLANTA PROYECTADA EN PUNCUTINA Y 656 KM DEL PUERTO DE MATARANI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno
Peru Puno

Comments on the location information

  • LA MINA SE UBICA EN EL CERRO SOMBRERORUMI, PARAJE DE TAMBOPATA-SILICUCHO, DISTRITO DE CRUCERO, PROV. CARABAYA. EL ACCESO SE EFECTUA DE LA SIGUIENTE MANERA: JULIACA-CRUCERO 187 KM (CARRETERA AFIRMADA), CRUCERO-MINA 18 KM (TROCHA CARROZABLE)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA MINERALIZACION ESTA COMPUESTA DE CUARZO LECHOSO Y CUARZO MASIVO GRIS, GALENA EN BANDAS Y GRANULOS; CALCOPIRITA EN GRANULOS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.01623, -14.26445

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sinclinal
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fallas

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO
    Strike N 47W
    Dip 20 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Estructural: La Mineralizacion Se Encuentra Emplazada En Las Fracturas

Comments on the geologic information

  • EN EL AREA AFLORAN ARENISCAS GRISES Y LUTITAS ARENOSAS GRIS OSCURAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Miguel Salas Pacheco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 1650000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 14.17 wt-pct Lead Major 1975
    Silver Ag 256.914 g/mt Silver Major 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 114M
    Overall depth 32M
    Overall length 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SE HAN REALIZADO LAS SIGUIENTES LABORES MINERAS: PIQUES DE 32 M CON 8 M2 DE SECCION; GALERIAS DE 16, 55 Y 42 M.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LAS POSIBILIDADES DEL YACIMIENTO SON INTERESANTES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTILLO CASTILLO, NORMAN-MAYTA T. OSCAR; INFORME TECNICO MINA "CERRO DEL INCA AZUL", BMP. 1975; COD.B2149

  • Reserve-Resource

    INF. TECNICO BMP. 1975; COD B2149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO ESTA CONSTITUIDO POR DOS ESTRUCTURAS MINERALIZADAS: VETA MINASPATA Y VETA TAMBOPATA, AMBAS SE ENCUENTRAN EN FRACTURAS COMPRESIONALES. EL RBO DE LA VETA MINASPATA ES N 25W, BUZ. 80NE Y TIENE UN AFLORAMIENTO DE 400 M CON POT. DE 0.02-0.50 M; LA VETA TAMBOPATA ES DE RBO N 10W, BUZ 80 W, TIENE UN AFLORAMIENTO DE 500 M CON POTENCIAS DE 0.10-1.00 M
Deposit LAS ROCAS EN ESTA ZONA ESTAN PLEGADAS PRODUCTO DE ELLO SE FRACTURARON Y POSTERIORMENTE ESTAS FRACTURAS FUERON MINERALIZADAS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1994 Valenzuela Ortiz, German Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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