San Agustin

Producer in Cajamarca, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133423
MRDS ID APU0057
MAS/MILS ID 3330110010
Record type Site
Current site name San Agustin
Related records 10094113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.31978, -7.08807 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.31978, -7.08807

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Colquirrumi
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURSER, W. F., 1971, METAL MINING IN PERU: PRAEGER PUBS., N.

  • Deposit

    165-167.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JR., 1975, INTERN. DIRECTORY OF MININ

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW HILL, N. Y., P. 255.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION FROM PURSER, 1971. MINE DOES CUSTOM MILLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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