Cerro Llallave Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063941
MRDS ID TC38065
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Llallave Prospect
Alternate or previous names Llallave

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.49957, -17.41434 (WGS84)
Elevation 3040
Relative position 3 KM NE OF LUCUMANE

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

  • LAT LON FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959) NO. 931.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -70.49957, -17.41434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80SW-90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Moises Ponti
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 OPEN PITS

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 20 TO 50 CM WIDE THAT OUTCROPS 50M ALONG STRIKE AND CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED DIORITE CUT BY A 1 TO 10 CM VEIN OF QUARTZ. A SECOND PARRALEL VEIN 15 M TOW IS 40 TO 50 CM WIDE AND CONSIST OF BRECCIA AND QUARTZ STRINGERS.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.