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Caplina Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063933
MRDS ID TC38053
Record type Site
Current site name Caplina Mine
Alternate or previous names Los Mantos, Ricardina, Chonta Collo, Asuncion, Sn Antonio, Esperanza, Atascapa, Cobriza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.92649, -17.6896 (WGS84)
Elevation 3850
Relative position 2 KM SE OF CAPLINA

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

  • ON CERRO CIMA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn (Garnet)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cobriza Batholith
    Rock description Cobriza Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.92649, -17.6896
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Coris Anticline - Nw Strike

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike MANTOS: N-S; VEINS: E-W
    Dip VEINS: 50N
  • General form BLANKET
    Dip VEINS: 50N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lperm Sedimentary Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONES L.PERMIAN AGE.

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

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS UNPUB. MS. , P. WILSON, J. AND GARCIA, W., 1962, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE PACHIA Y PALCA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL 4, P. 70-71. BIGGIO, M.S., 1986, PERU: A MINING COUNTRY. INGEMET, P. 306-316

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS ARE 10-600CM THICK AND CONSIST OF CU AND FE OXIDES IN CALCITE GANGUE. RICARDINA MANTO IS 100-150 CM THICK AND AT LEAST 30M LONG. CAPLINA MANTO IS 100-200CM THICK. VEINS ARE 20-150 CM WIDE AND CONTAIN SULFIDES IN CALCITE GANGUE.

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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