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Chaucha

Plant in Azuay, Ecuador with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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 10304250
MAS/MILS ID 3310050001
Record type Site
Current site name Chaucha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44701, -2.83997 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azuay(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Azuay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.44701, -2.83997
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ag Armeno Mines And Minerals Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ecuador
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 709000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.44 wt-pct Copper Trace 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 54000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.46 wt-pct Copper Trace 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Total resources 24500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.56 wt-pct Copper Trace 0
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 135000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Trace 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 135000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Trace 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    KOOKABURRA RESOURCES LTD. PRESS RELEASE, "FLOUR DANIEL

  • Reserve-Resource

    WRIGHT COMPLETES PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REVIEW OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    CHAUCHA COPPER PROJECT - ECUADOR", 2/4/93.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 2/15/93, P.6.

  • Deposit

    ANON., ECUADOR, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 395.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1979, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    MOSQUERA, C. F., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR: THEIR DEVEL-

  • Deposit

    OPMENT AND PROSPECTS FOR NEW FINDS-SUMMARY, CIRCUM- PAC-

  • Deposit

    IFIC ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, CONFERENCE HELD AUG.

  • Deposit

    26-30, 1974, HONOLULU, HAWAII, PUB. A. A. P. G., TULSA

  • Deposit

    OKLAHOMA, 1976, P. 552-555.

  • Deposit

    ECUADOR, JAPANESE OVERSEAS CORP. EVALUATES COPPER DEPOSIT,

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JAN. 1970, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    OVERSEAS MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, METALS SOURCEBOOK,

  • Deposit

    NOV. 19, 1973.

  • Deposit

    ECUADOR CALLS FOR MINING BIDS FOR CHAUCHA PROPERTY COPPER

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT, WORLD MINING, FEB. 1974.

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, R. AND A. GUNATILAKA, COPPER: ITS GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    ECONOMICS, JOHN WILEY AND SONS, NEW YORK-TORONTO, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 25, 34.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V. F., GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, A. I. M. E., NEW YORK, NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK, 1978, P. 6-8, 16, 23, 24.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A., COPPER PORPHYRIES, MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS,

  • Deposit

    1975, 31, 38.

  • Deposit

    DOOKABURRA GOLD CORPORATION "CHAUCHA COPPER SX-EW PROJECT

  • Deposit

    ECUADOR.

  • Deposit

    KOOKABURRA GOLD CORP. PRESS RELEASE, "KOOKABURRA ACQUIRES

  • Deposit

    OPTIONS ON TWO ECUADORIAN COPPER PROJECTS", 8/31/92.

  • Deposit

    KOOKABURRA GOLD CORP. PRESS RELEASE, "KOOKABURRA TO

  • Deposit

    ACQUIRE UP TO 65% INTEREST IN CHAUCHA COPPER PROJECT -

  • Deposit

    EQUADOR, 10/6/92.

  • Deposit

    THE NORHTERN MINER, 10/19/92, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    MACDOUGALL,MACDOUGALL & MACTIER INC., INVESTMENT RESEARCH,

  • Deposit

    "KOOKABURRA GOLD CORP.", 12/8/92.

  • Deposit

    KOOKABURRA GOLD CORP. FACT SHEET, 12/92.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 3/15/93, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 8/14/92, P. 112.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 12/4/92, P. 401.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 8/14/92, P. 2,3.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 11/8/93, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    AG ARMENO MINES AND MINERALS INC., COMPANY BROCURE, 1/94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-OCT-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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