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Convento Gold 66

Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Gold
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068881
MRDS ID W002153
Record type Site
Current site name Convento Gold 66

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.79966, -15.74773 (WGS84)
Elevation 2200
Relative position CONVENTO AREA IS A FEW KM SE OF THE RIO CHAPPARA AND 4-6 KM EAST OF THE VILLAGE OF CHAPARRA IN THE PROVINCIA DE CARAVELI (CHALA, AND CARAVELI SHEETS). AREA MAY BE REACHED OVER 46 KM OF ROAD FROM A POINT ON THE PANAMERICAN HIGHWAY 6 KM SOUTH OF PUERTO CHALA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 66 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Are Kaolinized, The Intensity Of Alteration Varying Directly With Intensity Of Mineralization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.79966, -15.74773
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E; NE
    Dip 50N; 50NW
    Length 600M
    Width 0.5M
    Depth to bottom 80M
  • Strike E; NE
    Dip 50N; 50NW

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 1945

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consorcio Minero Del Peru

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE CONVENTO AS A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. BUT IS SITUATED IN LARGEST GOLD PRODUCING AREA IN PERU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 363

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS WITH DIMENSION OF LENGTH 150 M
Deposit First Production Year: 1945; WORKED SPORADICALLY FOR MANY YEARS

Reporter information

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

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