Farallon Surco

Prospect in Lima, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158051
MAS/MILS ID 3330270022
Record type Site
Current site name Farallon Surco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.24972, -12.14786 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lima(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Lima

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF HUAROCHIRI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.24972, -12.14786

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Minas Farallon S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 1100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1100000mt ore
    Total resources 1100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975
    Lead Pb 3.4 wt-pct Lead Trace 1975
    Zinc Zn 5.7 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM. PERFORMANCE

  • Deposit

    ANALYSIS. APRIL 14, 1975, P. 66.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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