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Peru Gold Placer Deposits

Producer in Peru with commodity Gold
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068898
MRDS ID W002170
Record type Site
Current site name Peru Gold Placer Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -74.37531, -9.16174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER DEPOSITS OF GOLD HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN PERU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FRANK SIMONS REPORTS, PLACER DEPOSITS HAVE YIELDED AN APPRECIABLE PROPORTION OF THE GOLD PRODUCTION OF PERU, ESPECIALLY IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN 1532.

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -74.37531, -9.16174
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO ACCURATE FIGURES FOR GOLD MINED OR PLACER PRODUCTION ARE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO 1903; SIMONS REPORTS ESTIMATED PRODUCTION AT: 172,500 KG. AU, DURING PRE-CONQUEST TIME, 149,500 KG. AU, 1533-1820, END OF COLONIAL PERIOD, 40,000 KG. AU, 1821-1903, 181,734 KG AU, 1903-1955, DURING THE PERIOD 1903-1955, ABOUT 16,069 KG. AU, OR SOME 9% OF THE PRODUCTION (181,734 KG AU) CAME FROM PLACER DEPOSITS. SIMONS MAKE A "VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION" (UP TO 1960) AT ABOUT 275,000-300,000 KG. PRODUCTION OF PLACER GOLD FROM 1903-1955 INCLUSIVE IS APPROXIMATELY 16,000,000 GRAMS OF GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1960, ONLY TWO PLACER DEPOSITS ARE BEING WORKED WITH MONITORS (SAN ANTONIO DE POTO AND APOROMA); OTHERS AT THE SAME TIME CONSISTED OF PANNING OR OTHER HAND METHODS BY INDIVIDUALS OR SMALL GROUPS DURING CERTAIN PERIODS WHEN WATER LEVELS WERE FAVORABLE. DREDGING WAS TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY AT THREE PLACER LOCATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1969, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 476

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS ARE REPORTED BELOW: 1) RIO TUMBES, TUMBES; FROM ITS HEADWATERS IN ECUADOR AND ALONG THE PERU-ECUADOR BOUNDARY TO THE SEA. 2) RIO CHIRA, PIURA; FROM ITS HEADWATERS ALONG THE PERU-ECUADOR FRONTIER (RIO MACARA) TO THE COASTAL PLAIN. 3) SOUTH- AND SOUTHEAST-FLOWING TRIBUTARIES OF THE RIO AMAZONAS (RIO SANTIAGO, RIO MORONA, RIO PASTAZA, RIO TIGRE, RIO NAPO, RIO PUTUMAYO) IN AMAZONAS AND LORETO. 4) RIO MARANON, AT VARIOUS PLACES FROM ITS HEADWATERS TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE RIO SATIAGI, IN HUANUCO, ANCASH, LA LIBERTAD, CAJAMARCA, AND AMAZONAS. 5) RIO SANTA, ANCASH; FROM ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE RIO CHUQUICARA TO THE SEA. 6) RIO UCAYALI, BETWEEN BOLOGNESI AND ORELLANA, IN LORETO. 7) RIO PACHITEA, FROM ITS HEADWATERS NEAR HUACHON IN PASCO (RIO HUANCABAMBA AND RIO OXAPAMPA) TO ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE RIO UCAYALI; AND RIO PALCUZA FROM ITS HEADWATERS TO THE JUNCTION WITH THE RIO PACHITEA IN PASCO AND HUANUCO. 8) RIO HUALLAGA, HUANUCO AT VARIOUS PLACES BETWEEN HUANUCO AND
Deposit TINGO MARIA; AND RIO MONZON AND RIO RONDO, FROM THEIR HEADWATERS TO THE RIO HUALLAGA NEAR TINGO MARIA. 9) RIO PAUCARTAMBO, PASCO; FROM ITS HEADWATERS TO THE JUNCTION WITH THE RIO PERENE. 10) ENTIRE DR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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