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Santa Rosa De Tacna Mine

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Copper, Antimony
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063916
MRDS ID TC38025
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa De Tacna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.47679, -17.72377 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 7 KM N10E OF SAMA GRANDE

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

  • JUST W OF RIO SAMA BETWEEN LA MAGNMONA AND LLUCO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND SORTED ORE ASSAYS 25% CU PLUS A LITTLE AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Toquepala (Andesite)
    Rock description Toquepala (Andesite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.47679, -17.72377
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 50-90SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cesar Sotillo
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, OPEN CUTS. EXPLORED ON THREE LEVELS OVER A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 90M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. AGENCY FO RINTERNATIONAL 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: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 885. WILSON, J> AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PACHIA Y PALCA: COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL V. 4, P. 71

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS, 20-50 CM WIDE, WITH STRINGERS OF MINERALIZATION 2-5 CM WIDE. VEIN EXPLORED 90 M ALONG STRIKE

Reporter information

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

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