Puta Puquio Prospect

Occurrence in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065738
MRDS ID TC41131
Record type Site
Current site name Puta Puquio Prospect
Related records 10133462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.08308, -9.54019 (WGS84)
Elevation 4450
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 KM S80E OF SAN MARCOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • VALLEY E OF QUEBRADA ANTAMINA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jumasha Limestone
    Rock description Jumasha Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.08308, -9.54019

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 40M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antamina Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN ECHELON GASH VEINS, RHYOLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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