San Santiago Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Lead
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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096040
MRDS ID TC38048
Record type Site
Current site name San Santiago Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -70.29972, -17.64888 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ATASPACA

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
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE HAS LESS THAN 100 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -70.29972, -17.64888

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-75E
    Dip 75NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palca Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS UNPUB. MS., P. 1455

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS A FEW CM WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Sow, Thierno 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.