San Pablo

Occurrence in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10005643
MRDS ID ARE0022
Record type Site
Current site name San Pablo
Alternate or previous names Minas De Yarabamba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.58293, -16.56437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2700
Relative position SE UBICA EN EL CERRO SAN PABLO, ANEXO SOGAY, DISTRITO DE YARABAMBA

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 SE HACE DESDE AREQUIPA POR CARRETERA AFIRMADA CON 53 KM. DE RECORRIDO PASANDO POR SOCABAYA, YARABAMBA Y PAMPAS NUEVAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA MINERALIZACION CONSISTE EN OXIDOS DE COBRE CON DISEMINACIONES DE CHALCOPIRITA Y BORNITA

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidacion

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.58293, -16.56437

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fallas

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Estructural

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1974

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sr. Jose M. Diaz Escalante

Comments on the workings information

  • EN EL INFORME NO INDICA SOBRE LOS TRABAJOS DE EXPLOTACION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMIREZ G,LUIS; LUDENA, EDGARDO; INFORME DE ESTUDIO ZONAL DE LAS MINAS DE YARABAMBA, BMP. 1976; COD.3428

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EN EL INFORME NO SE CONSIDERA NINGUN TIPO DE RESERVAS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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