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Crucero Ii Mine

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063912
MRDS ID TC38020
Record type Site
Current site name Crucero Ii Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.01623, -17.66433 (WGS84)
Elevation 3400
Relative position ABOUT 8 KM S OF PALQUILLA

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 CHARE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result HAND SORTED ORE ASSAYS 70% PB, 20% ZN, 1-2% CU, 800 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Junerata
    Rock description Junerata

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.01623, -17.66433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N70E
    Dip 15SE
    Thickness 0.08M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Cerro Chare Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 120M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE YIELDED 1-2 MT/MO IN 1958

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTO CONSISTS OF 10-30 CM BRECCIATED AND ALTERED WALL ROCK CAPPED BY 10-50 CM HEMATITE CAPPED BY 5-10 CM WITH LENSES OF SULFIDES

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

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