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Challatita Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063911
MRDS ID TC38018
Record type Site
Current site name Challatita Prospect
Alternate or previous names Manta Verde, Olivar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.08706, -17.79433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Relative position 12 KM NE OF PACHIA

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 SE FLANK CERRO MANTO ALEGRIA (CHALLATITA) ON WEST BANK OF RIO CAPLINA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Disseminated Pyrite In Wall Rock. Chloritization, Epidotization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yura
    Rock description Yura

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.08706, -17.79433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 80NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Challatita

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUB. MS., P. 886 WILSON, J., AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PACNIA Y PALCA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 4, P. 72 CLARK, ET AL. (1990) ECON. GEOL. V. 85, P. 1536

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST VEIN IS 10 CM WIDE

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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