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Micalaco Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063944
MRDS ID TC38069
Record type Site
Current site name Micalaco Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mecalaco, Sacramento
Related records 10056283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.53568, -17.28518 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM SE OF ILABAYA.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Highly Altered

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGE 1.63% CU, COMPOSITE 14.80 OZ/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.53568, -17.28518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 78NE
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 240M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cochrane Carlos

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS; ONLY 3 ARE ACCESIBLE FOR 500 M TOTAL LENGTH. MINE SHUT DOWN IN 1974.

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.

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F. 1960, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERU. USGS UNPUB. MS. P. 904.

  • Deposit

    VARGAS, ARCADIO Y PAZ MARDAUA, M. 1974, GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA DE LAS UNIDADES DE ILABAYA Y CERCANA (DPTO. DE TACNA): SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD B7278.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN CU VEIN 40 CM WIDE AND A FEW GALENA VEINS 30-50 CM WIDE. 2 PARALLEL VEINS SEPARATED BY 20 M. THE SOUTHERN MOST HAS A LENGTH OF 20 M.
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER TAC0025.

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
Updater 01-JUL-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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