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Chapi

Past Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158446
MRDS ID W002021
MAS/MILS ID 3330070018
Record type Site
Current site name Chapi
Related records 10068771

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.34959, -16.76769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.34959, -16.76769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Chapi

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minas De Cobre De Chapi S. A.
    Home office Peru
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • PURSER STATES IN 1969 PLANT EXPANDED TO 800 TPD. SCOTT STATE ARE 18 PCT CU.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 1848000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1848000mt ore
    Total resources 1848000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURSER, W. F., 1971, METAL-MINING IN PERU, PAST AND PRESENT:

  • Deposit

    PRAEGER, NEW YORK, 339 PGS.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, O., AND OTHERS, 1974, MEDIUM MINES, IN ANDEAN-PERUVIA

  • Deposit

    LIMA, PERU, VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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