Mollini Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063931
MRDS ID TC38051
Record type Site
Current site name Mollini Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.98288, -17.68099 (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

  • 3 KM SE OF CRUCERO NO. 2 MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.98288, -17.68099

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Timoteo Alfarez
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS INTO LOWER MANTO

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 TWO SMALL MANTOS WITHIN A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 10M. LOWER MANTO IS 5-20CM THICK, UPPER MANTO 20-60 CM THICK WITH STRINGERS 2-3 CM WIDE OF ORE MINERALS

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.