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San Rafael

Past Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities Copper, Tin, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079725
MRDS ID W029824
Record type Site
Current site name San Rafael

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.46624, -14.19778 (WGS84)
Elevation 4550
Relative position 160 KM N FROM PUNO; 1303 KM E OF LIMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.46624, -14.19778
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Antauta

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner British Lampa Mining Co. (1950'S); Grace Corp. ; Inversiones Breca, S. A.
    First year 1966
    Last year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minsur Sociedad Limitada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNAT. DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCES. OPERAT.1977

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY LIMA, 1993, 1992 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK ON MINERALS PERU: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 7/93.

  • Deposit

    US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1959: PIAN REGIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, PS/A/5, V. 2, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES; LIMA, PERU; P. 150.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J. , AND GLOVER, M. (EDITORS) 1991, MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LAS MINAS DEL PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES, P. 207-209.

  • Production

    U.S. EMBASSY LIMA (1993). CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Restrepo, Pedro U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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