Tacaza

Producer in Puno, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068918
MRDS ID W002193
Record type Site
Current site name Tacaza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.72458, -15.60606 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position THE TAZCO MINE IS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE RIO VERDE ABOUT 15 KM NW OF SANTA LUCIA IN THE PROVINCIA DE LAMPA, (LAMPA SHEET)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puno(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Puno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Bournonite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Zeolitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tacaza Volcanics
    Rock description Tacaza Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.72458, -15.60606

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 1000M
    Width 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minsur S. A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 882

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1959: PIAN REGIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, PS/A/5, V. 2, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES, LIMA, PERU, P. 150.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 05-AUG-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Restrepo, Pedro U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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