Chuvilca

Producer in La Libertad, Peru with commodities Gold, 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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206870
MAS/MILS ID 3330230002
Record type Site
Current site name Chuvilca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.18307, -8.14803 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Libertad(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru La Libertad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.18307, -8.14803

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Minera Chuvilca S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. STATE DEPT. AIRGRAM FROM U.S. EMBASSY IN LIMA, DEC. 21,

  • Deposit

    1978, P.52.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. PERU. MCGRAW-

  • Deposit

    HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1978, P. 324.

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM. LEAD AND ZINC

  • Deposit

    MINES OF THE WORLD. SUMMARY OF PRODUCERS (PB). MARCH 25,

  • Deposit

    1975, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    MINES OF THE WORLD. SUMMARY OF PRODUCERS (ZN). MARCH 25,

  • Deposit

    1975, P. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1977 PRODUCTION AS FOLLOWS: LEAD---510 MT. ZINC---468 MT. SILVER 3,210 KG. GOLD-----5 KG. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF SANTIAGO DE CHUCO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-1994 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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