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Sucuitambo Gold-Silver 84

Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10068901
MRDS ID W002173
Record type Site
Current site name Sucuitambo Gold-Silver 84
Alternate or previous names Suykutambo
Related records 10304421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.71627, -15.09775 (WGS84)
Elevation 4900
Relative position 12 KM NNE OF CAILLOMA IN THE PROVINCE DE CAILLOMA (YAURI SHEET). IT IS 25 KM BY ROAD FROM THE AREQUIPA-CAILLOMA ROAD AND ABOUT 225 KM BY ROAD. FROM AREQUIPA VIA SUMBAY.

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. 84 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.71627, -15.09775
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Area Underlain By Andesitic Lavas And Pyroclastic Rocks That Dip 10 Deg-40 Deg Sw. Sandstone And Shale Of Mesozoic Age Are Reported. These Rocks Are Cut By An Extensive Fault-Vein System, Striking N60w, Dipping Steeply Sw. The Outcrop Patterns Of Veins Suggest That The Vein Fissures May Have Originated As Tension Fractures Between Two Principal Nw Striking Shear Zones, Carmen-Corona-Santa Ursula To The Ne And Potosi Ramal Structure To The Sw.

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip STEEP
    Length 700M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Veins In General Contain Banded Or Drusy Quartz With Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Polybasite, And Probably Other Silver Sulfosalts, And Gold. High Grade Vein Material Is Often Brecciated And Contains Mainly White Quartz, Whereas Lower Grade Ore May Have Jasper Or Amethystine Quartz With Stringers Of Pyrite And Sphalerite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania De Minas Del Peru (Mauricio Hochschild Y Compania.

Comments on the production information

  • NO GRADES AVAILABLE TO THIS REPORTER. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN ONE AND 10 MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 517

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: SMALL SCALE PRIOR TO 1940, PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION SINCE 1950

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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