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Norvill Mine

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony, 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. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063940
MRDS ID TC38064
Record type Site
Current site name Norvill Mine
Alternate or previous names Norville 3
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)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • WITHIN TOJENES DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 2-10% CU, 100-300 G/MT AG, LESS THAN 1 G/MT AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-15W
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tojenes Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Norberto Villegas
    First year 1958

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1958
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 5 wt-pct Copper Major 1958
    Silver Ag 100 g/mt Silver Major 1958
    Gold Au 0.0064 g/mt Gold Minor 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 200M OF DRIFTING ALONG VEIN. SIX ADITS (8 LEVELS), 70-100 M LONG OVER A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 180 M AND HORIZONTALLY FOR 85 M SEVERAL OPEN CUTS ALONG SURFACE OUTCROP OF VEIN.

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 50-200 CM WIDE OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 1 KM ALONG STRIKE OVER A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 300M. VEIN CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED DIORITE CONTAINING LENSES OF QUARTZ, 20-100 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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