San Luis 1, Mina

Occurrence in Puno, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054957
MRDS ID PUN0023
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis 1, Mina
Related records 10054958, 10054959, 10054960, 10054961, 10054962, 10054964, 10054965, 10054966, 10054967, 10054968, 10055025, 10099326, 10054969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.01623, -14.26445 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno
Peru Puno

Comments on the location information

  • EL DEPOSITO SE ENCUENTRA UBICADO EN EL PARAJE DE PUNIHUASI, DISTRITO DE USICAYOS, PROV. CARABAYA. EL ACCESO SE EFECTUA ASI: JULIACA-CRUCERO 187 KM (CARRETERA AFIRMADA); CRUCERO-PLANTA PUNCUTIRA 10 KM (TROCHA CARROZABLE), PLANTA PUNCUTIRA-FINAL DE CARRETERA 12 KM (CAMINO DE HERRADURA), FINAL DE CARRETERA-MINA 2 KM (CAMINO DE HERRADURA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA MINERALIZACION SE DA EN VETAS ANGOSTAS Y EN FORMA IRREGULAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.77% CU, 2.64% PB, 1.17 OZ/TC.AG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.01623, -14.26445

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sinclinal

Ore body information

  • General form ISOMETRICO
    Strike N 28 W
    Dip 20 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control Estructural: La Mineralizacion Se Encuentra Emplazada En Las Fracturas

Comments on the geologic information

  • EN EL AREA AFLORAN ARENISCAS GRIS CLARAS Y ARENISCAS LUTACEAS GRIS OSCURAS INTERESTRATIFICADAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sr. Eleodoro Gonzales Catacora

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO SE CONSIDERAN RESERVAS MINERALES DEBIDO A LAS VETAS ANGOSTAS Y A LA MINERALIZACION ERRATICA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 37M
    Overall depth 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • SE HAN REALIZADO GALERIAS: GAL.1.- 0.10 M. DE POT.;GAL. 2.- 0.10 M. DE POT., 1.0% CU, 6.63% PB Y 2.32 OZ/TC.AG; GAL.3.-0.07% CU, 0.94% PB Y 0.2 OZ/TC.AG.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: VETAS ANGOSTAS Y MINERALIZACION IRREGULAR HACEN AL YACIMIENTO NO ECONOMICO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTILLO CASTILLO, NORMAN; INFORME TECNICO MINA "SAN LUIS 1", BMP. 1975; COD. B2149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO LO CONSTITUYEN CUATRO VETAS ANGOSTAS PARALELAS; LA MINERALOGIA LA CONSTITUYE GALENA, CUARZO MASIVO, PIRITA, HEMATITA, LIMONITA Y CALCITA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1994 Valenzuela Ortiz, German Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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