Rio Potoni

Producer in Puno, Peru with commodity Gold
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304356
MAS/MILS ID 3330390013
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Potoni
Alternate or previous names Natomas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -69.71956, -14.49777 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -69.71956, -14.49777

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 5000M
    Width 100M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1961

Mining district

District name Rio Potoni

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Natomas Co. Of Peru
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURSER, W. F., 1971, METAL MINING IN PERU: PRAEGER PUBS., N.

  • Deposit

    193, 198-200.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, INTERN. DIRECTORY OF M

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW HILL, N.Y., P. 257.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CERRO DE PASCO ACTED AS SELLING AGENT IN 1971, AU RECOVERED CARATS, REMAINDER AG, ONE 9 CU. FT. DRAG MOVES 10000 CU. YD. DEPTH REACHED IS 30 FT, CUTOFF GRADE IN 1971 WAS 0.1 GRAM PE LOCATION FROM PURSER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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