| Deposit ID | 10279989 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002018 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 3330030045 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Magistral |
| Related records | 10068770 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.78286, -8.26472 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 4250 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ancash(province)
Peru(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Peru | Ancash |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -77.78286, -8.26472 |
|---|
| Thickness | 35M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 900M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 160M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1977 |
| Plant type | Beneficiation (Mill) |
| Plant subcategory | Flotation |
| District name | Pasto Bueno |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | State Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cia. Minera Algamarca, S. A. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Peru |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 80HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 3330030045 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002018 | MAS references MRDS |
PURSER, W., 1971, METAL-MINING IN PERU, PAST AND PRESENT: PR
PUBS., NEW YORK, 339 PGS.
TERRONES L., A., 1958, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF CONTACT METASOM
DEPOSITS IN THE PERU. CORDILLERA: AIME TRANS. VOL. 211, P. 3
ANDEAN-PERUVIAN TIMES, 1974, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION PROJE
LIMA, PERU, VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 60.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1991 ENGINEERING AND MINING
FOURNAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 268.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VERY LITTLE DATA EXISTS FOR THIS OPERATION. IT HAS NEVER BEEN EVALUATED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-JAN-95 | Porter, Kenneth E. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.