Poto-Anaea

Past Producer in Puno, Peru with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064240
MRDS ID TC38540
Record type Site
Current site name Poto-Anaea
Alternate or previous names La Rinconada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.46622, -14.64776 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 10 KM EAST OF POTO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Comments on the location information

  • NO 751 ON "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU ASSOC. WITH SMOKEY QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.46622, -14.64776

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation N60w 20sw

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO GENERATIONS OF QUARTZ VEINS, ONE EARLIER FINE GRAIN WHITE, ANOTHER LATER ONE COARSE GRAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • AT ONE MINE 40 GR. OF AU X TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1959: PLAN REGIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, PS/A/5, V. 2, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES, LIMA PERU, P. 150. SIMONS, F.S., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU, USGS UNPUB. MANUSCRIPT, PP. 465-466

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Restrepo, Pedro U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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