Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096041
MRDS ID TC38060
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.44957, -17.431 (WGS84)

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

  • 1.5 KM N OF ROSA CARLOTA MINE ESTIMATED FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DE PERU" (1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) K Feldspar In Vein Selvages

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.44957, -17.431

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 75NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ilabaya Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 8M AND 12M LONG

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 50 CM WIDE

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.