El Lavadero, Mina

Past Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097678
MRDS ID ARE0040
Record type Site
Current site name El Lavadero, Mina
Alternate or previous names Minas De Yarabamba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.50793, -16.50603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Relative position ESTA MINA SE UBICA A 11KM AL SUR DE LA CIUDAD DE AREQUIPA (EN LINEA RECTA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • SU ACCESO DESDE LA CIUDAD DE AREQUIPA ES POR CARRETERA AFIRMADA CAMINO HACIA YARABAMBA, LUEGO UN DESVIO QUE SE DIRIGE HACIA LAS MINAS: "EL RESCATE" Y "LA FUERZA QUE LUCHA"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.50793, -16.50603

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yarabamba

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SE DESCONOCE INFORMACION SOBRE SUS RESERVAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POOL RAMIREZ, ALBERTO; ESTUDIO ZONAL DE YARABAMBA, BMP.1980; COD.B6583

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO HAY DATOS SOBRE LA DESCRIPCION DEL YACIMIENTO
Deposit NO HUBO MAS DATOS DE ESTA MINA, SOLO SU UBICACION EN EL PLANO GEOLOGICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE YARABAMBA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1994 Casilla Sotomayor, Elvis Wilfredo Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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