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Algamarca Copper 38

Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068908
MRDS ID W002180
Record type Site
Current site name Algamarca Copper 38
Alternate or previous names Veins: San Blas, Descubridora
Related records 10304441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.24311, -7.62305 (WGS84)
Relative position ALGAMARCA REGION IS 2 KM SE OF HACIENDA ALGAMARCA, 20 KM W. OF CAJABAMBA, AND 30 KM NW OF HUAMACHUCO, IN THE PROVINCE OF CAJABAMBA (CAJABAMBA SHEET), MAY BE REACHED FROM TRUJILLO OVER 280 KM OF ROAD VIA HUAMACHUCO AND CAJABAMBA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 38 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Goyllar Group
    Rock description Goyllar Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.24311, -7.62305
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip STEEP
    Length 400M
    Width 0.1M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1532

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nor Peru
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Luis Jose De Orbegoso

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 REPORTS, P. 610

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: 365 P. LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL, P. 21-23

  • Deposit

    MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905A, LA PROVINCIA DE CAJABAMBA Y SUS ASIENTOS MINERALES: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 19, P. 37-42

  • 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 SEE RECORD CAJ0038.
Deposit Discovery Year: INTERMITTENTLY WORKED SINCE COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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