America

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005655
MRDS ID ARE0038
Record type Site
Current site name America

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.35792, -16.78936 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position SE UBICA A 72 KM AL SUR DE AREQUIPA CERCA AL SANTURARIO DE LA VIRGEN DE CHAPI

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

  • SU ACCESO ES POR CARRETERA A CHAPI DESDE LA CIUDAD DE AREQUIPA A 72KM DE DISTANCIA APROXIMADAMENTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SE TIENEN MAS DATOS SOBRE LA MINERALOGIA Y CERCA SE ENCUENTRA "LAS MINAS DE COBRE CHAPI"

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.35792, -16.78936

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yarabamba

Comments on the production information

  • NO HAY INFORMES SOBRE PRODUCCION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO SE ENCONTRO DATOS SOBRE RESERVAS

Comments on the workings information

  • NO HAY INFORME SOBRE LOS TRABAJOS DE EXPLOTACION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POOL RAMIREZ, ALBERTO; ESTUDIO ZONAL DE YARABAMBA, BMP.1980; COD.B6583

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOLO SE HA TOMADO DATOS DEL PLANO GEOLOGICO DEL INFORME DADO QUE EL YACIMIENTO ESTA UBICADO EN DICHO PLANO ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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