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Cerro Azogiune Quicksilver

Past Producer in Puno, Peru with commodity Mercury
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10068939
MRDS ID W002216
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Azogiune Quicksilver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.02456, -15.80605 (WGS84)
Relative position CERRO AZOGUINE IS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF PUNO IN THE PROVINCE OF THE SAME NAME (PUNO SHEET)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE CLAY, SULFATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.02456, -15.80605
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E; SOME N
    Dip 90
  • Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Rocks Of Cerro Azoguine Are, From Oldest To Youngest, 500 Meters Of Conglomerate And Quartzite (Jurassic?); Cretaceous Limestone; Tertiary Sandstone And Conglomerate; Tertiary Red Beds; And Basalt Flows. According To Torres, The Ore Deposits Are Veins Striking East Or South. They Contain Red And Yellow Clay And Iron And Copper Sulfates, And Assay As Much As 9% Copper With Less Than 100 Grams Silver Per Ton. Apparently The Ore That Was Mined Contained About 1% Quicksilver.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1650

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • INACTIVE AS QUICKSILVER MINE-MAY BE ACTIVE AS A SMALL COPPER MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1590

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ESPINOZA, ROBERTO, 1944, INFORME SOBRE EL MUESTREO DE LAS LABORES EXISTENTES EN EL CERRO AZOGUINE, PUNO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 130, P. 89-95

  • Deposit

    TORRES VARGAS, DAVID, 1942, EL MERCURIO DE PUNO Y EL MAGNESIO DEL VALLE DE CHICAMA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 128, 57 P.

  • 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 Discovery Year: ACTIVE IN MID-17TH CENTURY

Reporter information

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

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