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Punre Copper 24

Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068915
MRDS ID W002189
Record type Site
Current site name Punre Copper 24

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.28311, -7.00641 (WGS84)
Elevation 3600
Relative position EL PUNRE REGION IS 20 KM SW OF CELENDIN AND 30 KM NE OF CAJAMARCA IN THE PROVINCE OF CELENDIN (CAJAMARCA SHEET)

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. 24 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Goyllarisquisga Formation, S. S. Quartzite;Machay Group-Limestone
    Rock description Goyllarisquisga Formation, S. S. Quartzite;Machay Group-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.28311, -7.00641
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Is A Coal-Bearing Quartzitic Sandstone, Probably Of The Goyllarisquisga Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Overlain By A Thick Limestone Unit (Machay Group). To The South Of The Delores De La Boya Mine The Sedimentary Rocks Are Intruded By A Large Stock Or Dike Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry. The Porphyry Consists Of Phenocrysts Of Plagioclase (An 35-60), Green Hornblende, And A Little Quartz In A Fine-Grained Feldspar-Quartz Groundmass That Constitutes About Half The Rock.

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-20E; N45-70E; N30-35W
    Dip 75E; 80; 60SW
    Length 400M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 75M
  • Strike N10-20E; N45-70E; N30-35W
    Dip 75E; 80; 60SW
  • Strike N10-20E; N45-70E; N30-35W
    Dip 75E; 80; 60SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677

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. PROBABLY LARGER THAN 10 MILLION TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 620

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905D, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y CARBONIFEROS DE LA PROVINCIA DE CELENDIN: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 32, P. 21-32

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: DURING COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

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

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