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Perpetuo Socorro Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063939
MRDS ID TC38063
Record type Site
Current site name Perpetuo Socorro Prospect
Alternate or previous names Perpetuo Socorro No. 13
Related records 10068922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.56624, -17.28101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2950

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 W OF NORVILL MINE. WITHIN TOJENES DISTRICT. NO. 935 ON "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 75-80E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tojenes Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

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. 905

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 40-80 CM WIDE OUTCROPS ALMOST 100M ALONG STRIKE CONSISTS OF FAULT BRECCIA WITH POCKETS AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ

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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