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Taracamua Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead
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  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096037
MRDS ID TC38027
Record type Site
Current site name Taracamua Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.02039, -17.58378 (WGS84)
Elevation 3400
Relative position 1 KM W OF PALQUILLA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tarata
    Rock description Tarata
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tarata
    Rock description Tarata

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.02039, -17.58378
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 60-70NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 M ADIT PASSES INTO A SHORT INCLINE. TRENCHES

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/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF STRINGERS OF QUARTZ 3-5 CM WIDE. 200M TO EAST ARE TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 4 M APART

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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