Olvidada Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096035
MRDS ID TC38001
Record type Site
Current site name Olvidada Prospect
Related records 10068922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.56624, -17.28101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2250
Relative position 8 KM N 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

  • LOCATION WITHIN TOJENES DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 35% PB 250-300 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 55-65NE
    Width 0.02M

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUB. MS., P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.