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Venus Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063917
MRDS ID TC38026
Record type Site
Current site name Venus Prospect
Alternate or previous names Estique

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.13789, -17.56295 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

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

  • AT NE BASE OF CERRO CAQUILLUCO NEAR CHUCATAMANA AND CERRO ANACHE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Is Pyritized

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 60-70% PB 300-400 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pelado
    Rock description Pelado
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.13789, -17.56295
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 55N

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

    SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 1458. WILSON, J> AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PACHIA Y PALCA: COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL V. 4, P. 72. BOGGIO, M.S. 1960, PERU: A MINIG COUNTRY. INGEMMET. P. 1515

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS 35CM 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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