Azulcocha

Producer in Junin, Peru with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279786
MAS/MILS ID 3330210027
Record type Site
Current site name Azulcocha
Alternate or previous names Gran Bretana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.3122, -11.91457 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.3122, -11.91457

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sociedad Minera Gran Bretana S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • 1977 PRODUCTION TOTALLED 14,290 MT. OF SLAB ZINC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURSER, W.F., METAL MINING IN PERU,PAST AND PRESENT,

  • Deposit

    PRAEGER 1971, P. 132-133.

  • Deposit

    U.S. STATE DEPT AIRGRAM FROM U.S. EMBASSY IN LIMA, DEC.21,

  • Deposit

    1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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