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Quenamari Copper 88

Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068916
MRDS ID W002190
Record type Site
Current site name Quenamari Copper 88
Alternate or previous names San Rafael-Nazareth

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.34957, -14.21445 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position NEVADO QUENAMARI IS A PROMINENT ICE-COVERED PEAK 15-20 KM SE OF MACUSANI IN THE PROVINCE OF CARABAYA. MORE OR LESS ENCIRCLING THE PEAK, AT ALTITUDES OF 4800 TO 5000 METERS, ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF COPPER-LEAD-ZINC VEINS WHICH ARE BEING WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE (1956). THE GENERAL AREA, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ORE DEPOSITS, MAY BE REACHED BY 120-130 KM OF ROAD FROM TIRAPATA STATION ON THE CUZCO-PUNO RAILROAD. THE NORTHEASTERN GROUP OF VEINS IS 25 KM BY ROAD FROM HACIENDA ROSARIO, AND THE SOUTHWESTERN VEINS ARE 20 KM BY ROAD FROM THE SAME HACIENDA VIA ANTAUTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 88 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.34957, -14.21445
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-50W
    Dip STEEP
    Length 900M
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1677
Year of first production 1950

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. 873

  • 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 First Production Year: MAIN ACTIVITY DATES FROM 1950
Deposit Discovery Year: MINED 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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