Cofre

Prospect in Puno, Peru with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064296
MRDS ID TC38619
Record type Site
Current site name Cofre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.69958, -15.40607 (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
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrite, Silica, Kaolin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.69958, -15.40607

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 2000M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
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. 238

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 202/TON AG, 4GR/T AU, 2% ZN, 5% PB

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.