Abancay

Prospect in Apurimac, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10097381
MRDS ID	TC38649
Record type	Site
Current site name	Abancay
Alternate or previous names	Cristo Rey Gossan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-72.91631, -13.58113 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apurimac(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Peru	Apurimac

Comments on the location information

LOCATION FOR TOWN OF ABANCAY; INCLUDES TWO SITES OF MINERALIZATION, ONE 12 KM SW OF CRISTO REY GOSSAN, THE OTHER 25 KM NE OF CRISTO REY.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary
Silver	Primary
Gold	Primary
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-72.91631, -13.58113	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Name SW OF CRISTO REY

Dip }

Length 1600M

Width 1000M
Name NE OF CRISTO REY

Dip }

Name	SW OF CRISTO REY
Dip	}
Length	1600M
Width	1000M

Name	NE OF CRISTO REY
Dip	}

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Southwestern Gold Corp. (50-50 Joint Venture With Cambior).

Type	Operator
Owner	Southwestern Gold Corp. (50-50 Joint Venture With Cambior).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC38649

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ANON, 1993, CANADIANS STRIKE GOLD IN PERU: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, OCTOBER 15, 1993, P. 260
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ORE BODY 1: OUTCROPS HEAVILY OXIDIZED, 30 M LENGTH, CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.54% CU AND 25 M CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.41% CU. TOTAL CONCESSION AREA 53100 HECTARES.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1994	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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