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Curibaya 2 Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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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. 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 10099468
MRDS ID TC38058
Record type Site
Current site name Curibaya 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.28289, -17.34767 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CURIBAYA

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

  • ESTIMATED FROM THE "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DE PERU" (1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result THIRD (N-S) VEIN ASSAYS 1-8% PB, 1-2% CU, 500-600 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.28289, -17.34767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 65NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Curibaya Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS 350M LONG 50 CM WIDE. A THIRD N-S VERTICAL VEIN 80 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

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