Calumbraya Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063900
MRDS ID TC38002
Record type Site
Current site name Calumbraya Prospect
Related records 10068922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.56624, -17.28101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LON LOCATION OF TOJENES DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 3-9% CU 50-250 G/MT AG AND LESS THAN 1 G/MT AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 50SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tojenes Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150 SIMONS, F. 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU UNPUB. MS P. 904

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 15-60 CM WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Restrepo, P.A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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