Pashpap

Prospect in Ancash, Peru with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133459
MAS/MILS ID 3330030055
Record type Site
Current site name Pashpap
Alternate or previous names El Bronce

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.92477, -8.93129 (WGS84)
Elevation 3600
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.92477, -8.93129

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Huacyas

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amax Inc.
    Interest 70
    Home office U S
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mitsubishi
    Interest 30
    Home office Japan
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 43500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 43500000mt ore
    Total resources 43500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.86 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Molybdenum Mo 0.03 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 43500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 43500000mt ore
    Total resources 43500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.86 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Molybdenum Mo 0.03 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 79
    Capacity 18182
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 9200
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING, NOVEMBER 1973.

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE

  • Deposit

    ANALYSIS: JUNE 10, 1975, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SOUTH AMERICAN AND CARIB-

  • Deposit

    BEAN: V. 176, NO. 1, 1975, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, AMERICAS: PERUVIAN COPPER: V. 133, NO. 6,

  • Deposit

    1975, P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF PERU: V. 131,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, 1974, P. 262-285.

  • Deposit

    MEMORANDUM, U, S. BUREAU OF MINES, WASHINGTON, D. C.: DEC-

  • Deposit

    EMBER 16, 1974.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.