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Pasto Bueno

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207040
MRDS ID W002026
MAS/MILS ID 3330030056
Record type Site
Current site name Pasto Bueno
Related records 60001592

Comments on the site names

  • THREE DEPOSITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PASTO BUENO: CONSUZO, HUAURA, AND HUAYLLAPON.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.84977, -8.16472 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tennantite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.84977, -8.16472
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 500M
    Width 200M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N15W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1910
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1951
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Pasto Bueno

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fermin Malaga Santolalla E Hijos
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1971

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Description 150000 Mt Ore/Yr

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS FROM CHABUCA VEIN AT HUAYLLAPON, CONSUELO VN A HUAURA, AND CONSUZO VN. LANDIS STATES ORE DEPOSIT AT LOW TE DEEP-SEATED HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS MIXED WITH METEORIC WATER.
  • SILVER YIELD IS AVERAGE OF 3 SEPARATE ORE CONCENTRATE GRADES

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 1100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1100000mt ore
    Total resources 1100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.44 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AS OF 1/83.
  • ROSKILL 1990 CITES UNDATED REFRACTORY AND HARD METALS JOURNAL AS SOURCE OF RESERVES INFORMATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 75M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 190
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 13.36
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 265
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 13.36
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OTHER SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 13.36
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN,

  • Reserve-Resource

    6'TH EDITION, 1990, P. 108.

  • Deposit

    LANDIS, G., RYE, R., 1974, GEOLOGIC, FLUID INCLUSION, AND ST

  • Deposit

    ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE PASTO BUENO TUNGSTEN-BASE METAL ORE D

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN PERU: ECON. GEOL. VOL. 69, NO. 7, P. 1025.

  • Deposit

    ANDEAN-PERUVIAN TIMES, 1974, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION PROJE

  • Deposit

    LIMA, PERU, VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 60

  • Deposit

    1975-76 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY.PP.240.

  • Deposit

    ORE RESERVE DATE (DEC. 31, 1981) PASTO BUENO (MALAGA-SANTO-

  • Deposit

    LALLA).

  • Deposit

    MONTHLY REPORT-CONCENTRATOR CONSUZO DEC. 1981 (MALAGA-SANTO-

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL STATEMENT MALAGA SANTOLALLA, DEC. 31, 1981.

  • Deposit

    DISCUSSION OF PAPER REFERENCE FOR ECON. GEOLOGY VOL. 70,

  • Deposit

    1975, PP. 993-995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 4 VEINS OR ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: VETA CHABUCA, CONSUELO-OESTE, CONSUELO-NORESTE, AND LORETO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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