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Santa Cecilia, Mina

Occurrence in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005638
MRDS ID ARE0017
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Cecilia, Mina
Alternate or previous names Minas Yarabamba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.41626, -16.58103 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position EL DENUNCIO ESTA UBICADO EN EL PARAJE DENOMINADO HORNILLOS DISTRITO DE YARABAMBA, PROVINCIA Y DEPARTAMENTO DE AREQUIPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • EL ACCESO DE AREQUIPA SE HACE POR MEDIO DE LA CARRETERA AFIRMADA QUE PASA POR LA LOCALIDAD DE YARABAMBA CON RECORRIDO DE 37 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SE OBSERVA PEQUENAS DISEMINACIONES DE SULFUROS LA ROCA ENCAJONANTE ES GRANODIORITA BASTANTE ALTERADA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.41626, -16.58103
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yarabamba

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Copper CuOx 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 16000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.56 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Copper CuOx 3.38 wt-pct Copper Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMIREZ G,LUIS Y LUDENA; EDGARDO INFORME DE REACTUALIZACION DE RESERVAS DE LA MINAS DE YARABAMBA, BMP. 1976; COD.B7487

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EN EL INFORME NO APARECE MAS DATOS SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA DEL YACIMIENTO ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Casilla Sotomayor, Elvis Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

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