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La Cercanita Mina

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056273
MRDS ID TAC0013
Record type Site
Current site name La Cercanita Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.034, -17.83655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Relative position A 12 KM AL SW DE PALCA (LINEA RECTA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESO CARRETERA TACNA-PALCA HASTA KM 33 DE AQUI UN DESVIO TROCHA CARROZABLE-MINA 500 MTS. PARAJE QUEBRADA PALCA, ZONA DE LLUTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAMBIEN EXISTE PANIZO DE LA ROCA DE CAJA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.034, -17.83655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Length 600M
    Width 0.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cercana (Zona De Cercana)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Antonio D'Coll (Arrendatario)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carlos Oyague

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Material CON CU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^14.5% Cu - 21.8 Oz/Tc Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Silver Silver 616g/mt
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 15wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SE ESTIMA QUE LA PRODUCCION ALCANZO HASTA 25,000 T.M DE MINERAL. ESTA MINA SE EXPLOTA DESDE HACE 25 ANOS. EL TRABAJO ESTA MECANIZADO (TIENE 2 COMPRESORAS Y SUFICIENTES CARROS MINEROS). EN 1,974 LA PRODUCCION MENSUAL ES DE 15 A 20 T.M. DE MINERAL ESCOGIDO.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 1890000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1972
    Silver Ag 56.471 g/mt Silver Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 960000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LA MINA ESTA PRACTICAMENTE AGOTADA. EL DESARROLLO DE ESTA MINA ES ESCASA POR EL INCREMENTO DE LOS COSTOS DE OPERACION A PROFUNDIDAD. LA ESTRUCTURA MINERALIZADA TIENDE A ANGOSTARSE EN PROFUNDIDAD. EN PROFUNDIDAD PODRIA TENERSE UN POTENCIAL DE 1,000 T.M.
  • LA POTENCIA DE LA VETA ES 0.60 M (1,974). LAS RESERVAS 960 TM EQUIVALEN A 1,058 T.C. CON UN RATIO DE 8 A 1 PRODUCIRIA 120 T.C. DE CONCENTRADO.

Comments on the workings information

  • ESTE YACIMIENTO TIENE 3 NIVELES. NIVEL "1" 400 MTS CON 3 PIQUES DE 35 MTS PROFUNDIDAD. NIVEL 2 Y 3 TIENEN 300 Y 200 MTS. LA MINA TRABAJA SOLO A POCA PROFUNDIDAD (1974), EL TRABAJO ES LIMITADO EN PROFUNDIDAD POR LA PRESENCIA DE AGUA EN LOS PIQUES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VARGAS, ARCADIO Y PAZ MAIDANA, MANUEL; GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA DE LAS UNIDADES DE ILABAYA Y CERCANA (DPTO DE TACNA),SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA,1974.COD.B 7,278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTE DENUNCIO COMPRENDE 40 HECTAREAS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Quispe Aranda, Luis Alberto Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

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