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Vitaminas - San Jose Mines

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063935
MRDS ID TC38055
Record type Site
Current site name Vitaminas - San Jose Mines
Alternate or previous names Vitaminas Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.19956, -17.481 (WGS84)
Elevation 2925
Relative position 20 KM NW OF TARATA

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

  • 20 KM SSE OF LAGUNA ARICOTA HEADWATERS OF THE RIO MOLLERACO. TARATA-TACNA RD. TO CHALLAGUAY, 25 KM INTO A TRAIL LAT-LON ESTIMATED FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959) NO. 973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Is Kaolinized And Pyritized

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 5-30% PB 100-900 G/MT AG. HAND SORTED ORE AVERAGES 60% PB 1,700-2,200 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.19956, -17.481
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-80E
    Dip 55-85 SE OR NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Molleraco Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blanco, Jose Suarez
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • HAND SORTED ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 380M
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN EXPLORED ON 4 LEVELS OVER A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 100M AND BY A 120M TRENCH. LOWER (NO. 1) ADIT 80 M LONG, NO. 2 ADIT 120M LONG, NO. 3 ADIT 60 M LONG. THREE SMALL VEINS N OF MINE PROSPECTED BY OPEN CUTS.

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 RESOURCES OF PERU. USGS UNPUB. MS. P. 1459

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USAID (1959)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 20-60 CM WIDE, OUTCROPS 800M ALONG STRIKE AND CONSISTS OF QUARTZ STRINGERS WITHIN BRECCIATED WALLROCK VITAMINAS 2 VEINS IS ABOUT 1 KM LONG

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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