Suyubama

Past Producer in La Libertad, Peru with commodities Gold, 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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064310
MRDS ID TC38638
Record type Site
Current site name Suyubama
Alternate or previous names Veins: El Carmen, Padre De Dios, San Vicente, Pauco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.52309, -7.88415 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 24 KM NNW OF PARCOY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Libertad(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru La Libertad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Maranon Complex
    Rock description Maranon Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pataz Batholith
    Rock description Pataz Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.52309, -7.88415

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pataz Region

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moises Rosales Castillo

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 714000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.19 g/mt Gold Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) RESERVES IN ALL VEINS; ORE (2) RESERVES WITH MINEABLE WIDTH OF 0.8 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER LLB0040.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-AUG-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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