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Tacna Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063936
MRDS ID TC38056
Record type Site
Current site name Tacna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.19956, -17.381 (WGS84)

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

  • 500 M S OF VITAMINAS II MINE LAT-LON FOR MOLLERACO DISTRICT FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.19956, -17.381
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N82W
    Dip 80NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1946-1956

Mining district

District name Molleraco Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Andres Gonzales
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 35M
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 100 M LONG 30-35 M BELOW SURFACE

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 50 TO 80 CM WIDE CONTAINS POCKETS AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ 5 TO 10 CM 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

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