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Cahuide Tungsten 58

Producer in Cusco, Peru with commodities Antimony, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068986
MRDS ID W002267
Record type Site
Current site name Cahuide Tungsten 58

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.79958, -13.76446 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position THE CAHUIDE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 3 KM SW OF THE CHABUCA MINE AND 60-65 KM NE OF SICUANI IN THE PROVINCIA DE CANCHIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cusco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cusco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 58 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.79958, -13.76446
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-30W
    Dip 70-90SW
    Length 60M
    Width 0.09M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Country Rock Is Volcanic, Probably Tertiary Age, In Contact With Shale. A Series Of Narrow Irregular Veins Are Enclosed In Volcanic Rock And Appear To Die Out Where They Enter Shale. Vein Material Is Stibnite And Wolframite In A Gangue Of Quartz And Subordinate Calcite. The Ore Averages 2-3% Antimony And 1% Or So Tungsten.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 2) 1956-7

Mining district

District name Provincia De Canchis

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-MAY CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 100,000 MET TONS ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1616

  • 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 SEE RECORD NUMBERS CUZ0067 AND PUN0125.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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