Coroccohuayco, Peru

Occurrence in Cusco, Peru with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079722
MRDS ID W029821
Record type Site
Current site name Coroccohuayco, Peru
Related records 10133164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.28293, -12.98115 (WGS84)

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

  • NEAR TINTAYA DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.28293, -12.98115

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION STAGE DRILLING PROGRAMM: MINERO PERU AND OMRD (JAPANESE) IN 1970'S AND 1980'S, PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE AN UNDERGROUND MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977, P.44

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1993, P. 182.

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY LIMA, 1993, 1992 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT ON MINERALS PERU: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT 7/93.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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