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Chuquitambo Gold 17

Producer in Pasco, Peru with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068880
MRDS ID W002152
Record type Site
Current site name Chuquitambo Gold 17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.14972, -10.58125 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position NEAR CONFLUENCE OF QUEBRADAS PUCAYACU AND TULLURAUCA, A FEW KM SW OF LA QUINA, A VILLAGE IN THE RIO HUALLAGA VALLEY ABOUT 12 KM NORTH OF CERRO DE PASCO IN THE PROVINCE OF PASCO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pasco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Pasco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 17 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, IRON OXIDE, QUARTZ, SANDSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.14972, -10.58125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Provincia De Pasco

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Chuquitambo Gold Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Period 1903 - 1927
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 - 10 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AMOUNT BASED ON GOLD CONTENT OF 9 G/TON AU; IN 1914, 101,279 GRAMS OF GOLD OF 835 FINENESS WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT WAS MINED FROM A LARGE OPEN CUT AND ALSO BY MEANS OF TWO ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 455

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VENTURO, PEDRO, 1897, EXCURSIONES CIENTIFICAS: VIAJE AL ASIENTO MINERAL DE CERRO DE PASCO; BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., V. 13, P. 53

  • Deposit

    VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: 365 P. LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL. P. 96-97

  • Deposit

    5) FORT, MICHEL, 1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL AND DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 2, V. 15, P. 39

  • Deposit

    6) STEINMAN, GUSTAVO, 1918, OBSERVATIONES GEOLOGICAS EFECTUADOS DESDE LIMA HUSTA CHANCHAMAYO: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 20, P. 22

  • Deposit

    7) BUENO, ISMAEL C., 1894, ASIENTO DEL CERRO DE PASCO: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 10, P. 37-38, 46-47

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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