Inambari Gold Placer Deposit - 70

Occurrence in Peru with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068765
MRDS ID W002012
Record type Site
Current site name Inambari Gold Placer Deposit - 70

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.16624, -13.4978 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969 NO. 170

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.16624, -13.4978

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1972

Mining district

District name Madre De Dios Drainage System

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 5/73 NO DATA AVAILABLE
  • 5/73 NO DATA AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU. NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES 1972, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, USBM VOL. 69, 1972, NO. 11, P. 5

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUB. REPOR

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MTN (REF) P. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWENTY SEVEN GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS ARE SHOWN ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUNO EAST OF THE ANDEAN RANGE IN PROVINCE OF AZANGAR AND FOUR OTHERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CUZCO ALL IN THE MADRE DE DIOS DRAINAGE SYSTEM OR WATERSHED COMPRISING ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS IN PERU. MOST OF DEPOSITS IN PUNO FALL BETWEEN 14 DEG. AND 15 DEG. S AND 69 DEG. AND 70 DEG. WEST
Deposit ABOUT 35 KM NORTH OF LOCATION BELOW THE CONFLUENCE OF RIO INAMBARI AND RIO MARCAPATA FRANK SIMONS P. 489 UNPUB. REPORT MENTIONS LOW GRAD PLACERS FOR 10 KM AT LEAST AS FAR NORTH AS THE MOUTH OF RIO CHIFORONGO: PLACERS ARE REPORTED 10 TO 25 M THICK AND 0.04 TO 0.2 G/CUBIC METER/AU
Deposit Discovery Year: NOT KNOWN - NEW DISCOVERY 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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