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Ogopita

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068776
MRDS ID W002025
Record type Site
Current site name Ogopita
Alternate or previous names Bandera, Vista Alegre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.87477, -8.44801 (WGS84)
Elevation 4250
Relative position 15 KM SE OF CABANA AND 18 KM N. OF CORONGO

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

  • LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969 NO. 69

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.87477, -8.44801
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name BANDERA
    General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N}N50W
    Dip 45E}70 NE
    Width 80M
  • Name VISTA ALEGRE
    General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N}N50W
    Dip 45E}70 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ricardo Cambursano Heredia

Comments on the production information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA TO MAKE ESTIMATE 5/73
  • NO DATA AVAILABLE 5/73 TO ESTIMATE
  • NO DATA AVAILABLE 5/73 TO MAKE ESTIMATE

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ BAQUEDANO, R., 1971, INFORME TECNICO MINA OGOPITO, MARZO 1971, COD B2237.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE SIMONS, F. S. UNPUB. REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO QUARTZ - WOLFRAMITE VEINS WERE WORKED. THE BANDERA AND VISTA ALEGRE THAT AVERAGE 1.5% WO3. ELEVITA, NO. 70 6 KM NE OF CORONGO IN SAME PROVINCE CONSISTS OF THREE VEINS AS MUCH AS SEVERAL KM LONG, 20-60 CM WIDE LESS THAN 1.0% WO3. TRICIA NO. 71 IS ALSO NEARBY
Deposit SEE RECORD AWC0071.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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