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Taruca - El Sapo Mine

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063908
MRDS ID TC38014
Record type Site
Current site name Taruca - El Sapo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.04956, -17.68099 (WGS84)
Relative position 20-25 KM S OF TARATA

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

  • ON E SIDE OF THE TACNA-TARATA ROAD ESTIMATED FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959) NO. 917

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.04956, -17.68099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip STEEPLY SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAEN, H. AND ORTIZ, G., 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE LA YARADA Y TACNA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 6, P. 32 U.S. AGNECY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN REGIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, PS/A/5, LIMA-PERU, P. 150

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS A FEW CM WIDE AND 500 M LONG

Reporter information

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

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