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San Antonio De Poto, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055066
MRDS ID PUN0155
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio De Poto, Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.53288, -16.68102 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position A 170 KM DE JULIACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno
Peru Puno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EL ORO SE PRESENTA NATIVO EN FORMA DE HILOS Y PEPITAS MILIMETRICAS. TAMBIEN EXISTE ESTANO Y ZIRCONIO

Analytical data

Result 0.200 GR/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.53288, -16.68102
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Litologico: El Oro Se Encuentra Dentro Del Material Detritico

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGIONALMENTE LA GEOLOGIA ESTA REPRESENTADA POR FORMACIONES DE ESQUISTOS METAMORFICOS COMO CONSECUENCIA DE DEPOSICIONES DE UN GRAN BATOLITO GRANITICO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1962
Year of last production 1971

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Natomas Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 168000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.26 g/mt Gold Major 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • LA EXPLOTACION SE HA REALIZADO CON LA AYUDA DE UNA DRAGA PROCESANDOSE 17 MILLONES DE TONELADAS CON UNA LEY EXTRAIBLE DE 0.200 GR/TON; LA DRAGA UTILIZADA ES DEL TIPO CADENA CON CUCHARAS Y TIENE INSTALADOS TALADROS SOBRE ELLA

Comments on development

  • DRAGA, MONITORES ; ECON.COM: YACIMIENTO DE GRAN INTERES ECONOMICO, POR SUS CONDICIONES Y UBICACION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRUZILA, MIRCEA; RESNIC, FLORIN; SUDITU, CCRIN; INFORME TECNICO MINA "SAN ANTONIO DE POTO"; BMP. 1974, COD. B4269

  • Reserve-Resource

    INF. TECNICO MINA SAN ANTONIO DE POTO; BMP 1974, COD B4269

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EN EL PERIMETRO SAN ANTONIO DE POTO SE HAN SEPARADO DOS ZONAS DE ALUVIONES AURIFEROS: ZONA ANANEA-PAMPA BLANCA Y ZONA ANCOCALA-HUACCHANI. VEA RECORD NUMBER W029815. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO MINERAL ES HIDROTERMAL Y EN FORMA DE VETAS Y LENTES DE CUARZO CON ORO; ESTOS HAN SIDO EROSIONADOS POR LOS GLACIARES Y AGUAS DE SUPERFICIE.ESTOS HAN SIDO TRANSPORTADOS Y EL MATERIAL APARECE BASTANTE REDONDEADO Y EN DIMENSIONES VARIABLES

Reporter information

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

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