San Jose, Mina

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055032
MRDS ID PUN0112
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose, Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.05012, -16.65826 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position A 253 KM DE LA CIUDAD DE JULIACA

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 PROSPECTO SE UBICA EN LA REGION DE CACACHARA, DISTRITO DE ACORA, PROV. CHUCUITO. EL ACCESO SE EFECTUA MEDIANTE UNA TROCHA CARROZABLE DE 22 KM QUE PARTE DE LA CARRETERA ILAVE-MOQUEGUA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA MINERALIZACION ESTA CONSTITUIDA POR GALENA ARGENTIFERA, ESFALERITA Y PIRITA. LA MINERALIZACION SE PRESENTA EN FORMA DE LENTES ERRATICOS

Analytical data

Result MINERALIZACION ERRATICA: 0.8-7.0 0Z/TC.AG, 2.00-5.40% PB, 0.66-0.75% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Volcanicos Sencca
    Rock description Volcanicos Sencca
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.05012, -16.65826

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Estructural: La Mineralizacion Se Encuentra Rellenando Fracturas

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAS ROCAS AFLORANTES SON ANDESITAS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Paulino Ticona Cutipa

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ESTA MINA HA SIDO TRABAJADA POR MEDIO DE PIQUES Y MEDIAS BARRETAS (12 M), GALERIA DE 60 M Y UN PEQUENO CATEO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ N., HORACIO; INFORME TECNICO MINA "SAN JOSE"; BMP. 1969, COD. B3098

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO MINERAL ESTA CONSTITUIDO POR 3 ESTRUCTURAS MINERALIZADAS PARALELAS Y DE ORIENTACION N 60-65E

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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