Raquel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064295
MRDS ID TC38618
Record type Site
Current site name Raquel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.74958, -15.28107 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.74958, -15.28107

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 200M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PALACIOS, O., ET. AL., 1991, GEOLOGIA DE LA CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL Y ALTIPLANO AL OESTE DEL LAGO TITICACA, SUR DEL PERU, INGEMMET AND BGS, V. 42, P. 239

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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