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Crucero No. 1 Mine

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063932
MRDS ID TC38052
Record type Site
Current site name Crucero No. 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.98288, -17.64767 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position 8KM SSE OF PALQUILLA

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

  • 1 KM NE OF CRUCERO NO. 2 MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 20% PB 100-300 B/MT AG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.98288, -17.64767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike E-W
    Dip 20-25N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCING 1-2 MT/MO HAND SORTED ORE 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/S LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150. SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS UNPUB. MS. , P. 1458

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS 10-80 CM THICK, 60M LONG, WITH POCKETS 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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