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Tojenes Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063942
MRDS ID TC38067
Record type Site
Current site name Tojenes Mine
Related records 10068922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.56624, -17.28101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600

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

  • NORTH OF ILABAYA, ON THE CALUMBRAYA RIVER - LAT-LON WITHIN TOJENES DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Selvage Around Vein

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S TO N20W
    Dip 55-75NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Tojenes Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blanco, Jose Suarez
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CAVED 10 M FROM PORTAL. INCLINED SHAFT 50 M DEEP AT PORTAL. SUBSTANTIAL DUMPS PRESENT IN 1958.

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. 904. ALAYZA, , 1903, CUERPO IM 3, P. 112-114

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 50 TO 120 CM WIDE CONSISTS OF MASSIVE QUARTZ HOSTING THREADS AND BANDS OF HEMATITE AND CHALCOPYRITE.

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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