Santa Marta Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063928
MRDS ID TC38046
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Marta Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -70.29972, -17.64888 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 KM FROM PALCA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -70.29972, -17.64888

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 70-80SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palca Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S., 1959, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, P. 1455

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS, OUTCROP FOR 200M, 30CM 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

Beyond USGS

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