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Santa Maria G, Mina

Past Producer in Puno, Peru with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055049
MRDS ID PUN0134
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria G, Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.34205, -13.92362 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position A 6 KM DE AMATA

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

  • EL PROSPECTO SE ENCUENTRA UBICADO EN LA SELVA ALTA ENTRE LOS RIOS CHUNCHUSMAYO Y SAN JUAN, AFLUENTES POR LA MARGEN DERECHA DEL RIO HUARI-HUARI (ALTO INAMBARI), DISTRITO Y PROV. DE SANDIA. EL ACCESO SE REALIZA ASI: SANDIA-MASIAPO 60 KM (CARRETERA AFIRMADA), MISIAPO-AMATA 20 KM (CAMINO DE HERRADURO), AMATA-MINA 6 KM (SENDERO)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EL ORO SE PRESENTA EN FORMA DE FINAS LAMINAS Y POLVO IRREGULARMENTE DISTRIBUIDOS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.34205, -13.92362
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Litologico: El Oro Se Encuentra Dentro Del Material Detritico

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGIONALMENTE LA GEOLOGIA ESTA REPRESENTADA POR ROCAS METAMORFICAS Y SEDIMENTARIAS. LAS ROCAS METAMORFICAS SON PIZARRAS GRIS OSCURAS CON INTERCALACION DE CUARCITAS DE COLORACION GRIS CLARO A PARDO AMARILLENTO Y TIENEN UN RUMBO GRAL. DE N 30-60W Y BUZ 60SW; LAS ROCAS SEDIMENTARIAS ESTAN CONSTITUIDOS POR CONGLOMERADOS, GRAVAS, ARENISCAS Y ARCILLAS QUE OCURREN SOBRE ROCAS PALEOZOICAS EN DISCORDANCIA ANGULAR FORMANDO TERRAZAS

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 Operator
    Owner S. M. R. L Santa Maria G De Puno
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sr. Salvador Gandolfo Gutierrez, Rolando Gomez Baquedano, Jose Enrique Jimenez Del Rio

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 4223100mt ore
    Remarks This amount was in the Reserves table of old_MRDS.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.288 g/mt Gold Trace 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 16366200mt ore
    Remarks This amount was in the Potential Resources table of old_MRDS.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 0.288 g/mt Gold Trace 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 8183100mt ore
    Remarks This amount was in the Reserves and Potential Resources table of old_MRDS.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 0.288 g/mt Gold Trace 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • SE DETERMINO EL METODO DE EXPLOTACION A CIELO ABIERTO CON ARRANQUE HIDRAULICO EMPLEANDO MONITORES. LA RECUPERACION DEL ORO SE REALIZA MEDIANTE CANALES EMPEDRADOS (CANOS)

Comments on development

  • CANALES DE CAPTACION DE 5 KM Y ENCAUSE DE AGUA, REPRESA DE 10000 M3, TUNEL DE 30 M ; ECON.COM: YACIMIENTO DE GRAN INTERES ECONOMICO, POR SUS CONDICIONES Y UBICACION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALA SOLDEVILLA, FERNANDO; INFORME TECNICO MINA "SANTA MARIA G"; BMP. 1984, COD. B3521

  • Reserve-Resource

    INF. TECNICO MINA SANTA MARIA G; BMP 1984, COD B3521

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LA MINA SANTA MARIA G ESTAN UBICADOS EN EL LUGAR QUE ANTES CORRESPONDIO AL DENUNCIO SANTA JOSEFINA DE ADOLFO PRADO FARFAN Y JOSEFINA FARFAN AYLLON ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO MINERAL ES DE TIPO PLACER CON UNA POTENCIA DE GRAVA DE 57.5 M Y UNA POTENCIA DE SOBRECARGA DE 45 M; ESTA CONSTITUIDO POR MATERIAL DETRITICO SEMI-CONSOLIDADO DE CLASTOS CEMENTADO POR UNA MATRIZ ARENO-ARCILLOSA. EL DEPOSITO CONSISTE DE UNA TERRAZA FLUVIO-GLACIAL DE 102.5 M DE POT. EN DIRECCION N 45E.

Reporter information

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

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