Quequena Copper Belt 25

Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068919
MRDS ID W002194
Record type Site
Current site name Quequena Copper Belt 25

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.37459, -16.61437 (WGS84)
Elevation 3300
Relative position A MINE REFERRED TO AS QUEQUENA IN SEVERAL REPORTS MAY BE THE LLOQUEOR HORNILLOS MINE MENTIONED BY JENKS (1948, P. 189). THE LATTER MINE IS ON CERRO HORNILLOS, 6 KM SE OF QUEQUENA AND 25 KM SE OF AREQUIPA IN THE PROVINCIA DE AREQUIPA (AREQUIPA SHEET).

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. 25 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.37459, -16.61437

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1924 - 1928
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 - 30 % Cu In Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 25wt-pct
  • Year 1928
    Period 1924 - 1928
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^100 - 300 G Ag/T In Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 200g/mt
  • Year 1928
    Period 1924 - 1928
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 G Au/T In Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR PERIOD 1924-28 WAS 7,120 GRAMS OF GOLD, 558 KG OF SILVER, AND 672 METRIC TONS OF COPPER. (F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT)

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. 901

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JENKS, WILLIAM F., 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE AREQUIPA QUADRANGLE OF THE CARTA NACIONAL DEL PERU: INST. GEOL. PERU BOL., NO. 9, P. 189

  • Deposit

    BASADRE, CARLOS A., 1918A, ESTADO ACTUAL Y PORVENIR DE LA INDUSTRIA MINERA EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DEL SUR: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS, DEL PERU BOL., NO. 93, P. 15-17

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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