Machasen

Occurrence in Cajamarca, Peru with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078516
MRDS ID W026878
Record type Site
Current site name Machasen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.49976, -7.33139 (WGS84)
Relative position CAJAMARCA; CASCAS, NE OF, AT CRUZ DE MOLINO ON THE HACIENDA DE LLEDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 65 : S, TRACE
Result AND P, TRACE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.49976, -7.33139

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN OF MAGNETITE PARTLY OXIDIZED TO GOETHITE
    Thickness 9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Andean Marginal Metallogenic Province

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 8000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 65 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380. 433 QUN22S

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.