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San Luis Gold 53

Producer in Ayacucho, Peru with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068891
MRDS ID W002163
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Gold 53

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.46634, -15.33108 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Relative position BETWEEN THE RIO YAUCA AND RIO ACAVILLE ABOUT 40 KM AIRLINE AND 50 KM BY ROAD NE OF YAUCA ON THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY, IN THE PROVINCIA DE LUCANAS (CHALA SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ayacucho(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ayacucho

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 53 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, HEMATITE, CALCITE, SIDERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) See Comments

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.46634, -15.33108
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50-65W; N75-85E
    Dip 50NE; 50NW
    Length 1000M
    Width 0.13M
    Depth to bottom 250M
  • Strike N50-65W; N75-85E
    Dip 50NE; 50NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Worked During Colonial Period; Principal Activity Dates From 1938

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Luis Gold Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1938 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 - 12 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt
  • Year 1955
    Period 1938 - 1955
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 - 12 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AMOUNT BASED ON GOLD CONTENT OF 11 G/TON AU . ITEM 10 IS FOR 1941 , 1948 , & 1953.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN 100,000 AND ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 387

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AGUILAR, REVORADO, J.F., 1941, CURSO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING., INST. NAC. POLITECNICO SUPERIOR, P. 46-48

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE F. 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 LENGTH 350 M
Deposit NOTE: DUE TO LIMITED SPACE, INDIVIDUAL VEIN DISCRIPTIONS CAN NOT BE REPORTED. FOR THIS INFORMATION SEE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP., 1960, USGS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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