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Curibaya 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063938
MRDS ID TC38061
Record type Site
Current site name Curibaya 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.28289, -17.34767 (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

  • NEAR CURIBAYA. ESTIMATED FROM THE "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DE PERU" NO. 916

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 15-45% PB 100-400 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.28289, -17.34767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Curibaya Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

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. 1456. BOGGIO, M.S., 1986. PERU: A MINING COUNTRY. INGEMMET. P. 1438

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE 40-50 CM WIDE MORE THAN 150 M 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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