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Palmaderas Gold 79

Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068886
MRDS ID W002158
Record type Site
Current site name Palmaderas Gold 79

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09964, -15.51441 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position PALMADERAS DEPOSITS ARE A FEW KM SOUTH OF THE HUAYLLURA AREA ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE RIO COTAHUASI AND RIO KELLO, ABOUT 35 KM SW OF COTAHUASI IN THE PROVINCIA DE LA UNION (CHUQUIBAMBA SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 79 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE SHALE, IRON OXIDE, LITTLE QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.09964, -15.51441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Rocks Of The Area Are Strongly Folded Gray To Yellow Or Rusty Quartzite With Interbedded Shale (Probably Upper Jurassic). The Beds Strike Approximately East And Dip Steeply Both North And South.

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 45W
    Length 300M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1825
Production years 2-1950'S

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 371

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1887, MINAS DE ORO DEL PERU: ANALES ESCUELA CONSTR. COVILES Y DE MINAS V. 6, 96 P., P. 66-68

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: WORKED RATHER EXTENSIVELY PRIOR TO 1825, WORKED FROM 1825 THROUGH 1887. SINCE 1887, LITTLE DATA WAS AVAILABLE AS TO WHETHER IT WAS WORK OR NOT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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