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Navidad Mine

Producer 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063927
MRDS ID TC38045
Record type Site
Current site name Navidad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.99954, -17.83266 (WGS84)

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

  • 500 M N OF CERCANA MINE ESTIMATED LAT-LON FROM DISTRICT LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.99954, -17.83266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70NE-90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palca Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTING YIELDED 2-3 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 VEIN IS 30-40 CM WIDE WITH 15-20 CM WIDE BAND OF MINERALIZATION

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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