Santa Rosa, Mina

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100927
MRDS ID TAC0095
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa, Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.47874, -17.72544 (WGS84)
Elevation 850
Relative position SAMA GRANDE 7KM AL SUR(LINEA RECTA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • TACNA-DESVIO HDA. TOMASIRI(40KM ,CARRET. ASFALTADA);DESVIO HDA. TOMASIRI-YARAHUAY(12KM,CARRET. AFIRMADA);YARAHUAY-DESVIO CARRET. CORUCA (3KM,CARRET. AFIRMADA);DESVIO-MINA(4KM,TROCHA).PARAJE CERRO LLUCO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA MINERALIZACION PRESENTA ZONAS DE ENRIQUECIMIENTO(CHALCOSITA)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Toquepala
    Rock description Toquepala
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.47874, -17.72544

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 8-15 E
    Dip 80 W PROMEDIO.
    Length 300M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Berrios De Sotillo,Virginia 50% Y Sotillo,Elias 50%

Comments on the production information

  • EN CANCHA HAY 100TM CON 1.44% CU,TODO EL TRABAJO ES EN FORMA MANUAL.LA CANTIDAD PRODUCIDA ES MANIFESTACION DEL PROPIETARIO.LA PRODUCCION LA VENDE A LA CASA MAURICIO HOCHSCHILD Y A CERRO DE PASCO CORPORATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Total resources 510000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 9.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1971

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EL RATIO DE CONCENTRACION ES DE 3 ENTONCES SE OBTENDRIA 171 TM DE MINERAL PALLAQUEADO CON LEY PROMEDIO DE 20.07% CU Y 1.62 OZ AG/TC
  • NO SE CONSIDERA LA LEY DE PLATA POR NO SER COMERCIAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • SON SUPERFICIALES.EXISTEN 3 LABORES.NIVEL 1(LENTE MINERALIZADO DE 10M.EXISTE GALERIA 77M,CHIMINEA 3M,PIQUE 6M ) NIVEL 2(CORTADA 20M,GALERIA DE 20M,2 PIQUES);NIVEL 3(CORTADA 20M,GALERIA DE 30M,PIQUE 50M TAPADO). VETAS SECUNDARIAS ESTAN AL ESTE DE LA FRACTURA PRINCIPAL SOLO SE HAN HECHPO PEQUENOS CATEOS. SE RECOMIENDA EL ME4TODO DE CORTE Y RELLENO,ZIRCANDO LA VETA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUDENA C,EDGARDO.INFORME TECNICO"MINA SANTA ROSA".BANCO MINERO.1,971.COD.B6370

  • Production

    LUDENA,EDGARDO INFORME TECNICO MINA SANTA ROSA BANCO MINERO 1,971.COD.B 6370 .

  • Reserve-Resource

    LUDENA,EDGARDO INFORME TECNICO MINA SANTA ROSA BANCO MINERO 1,971.COD.B 6,370

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRESENTA 1 VETA PRINCIPAL Y 2 VETAS SECUNDARIAS NO RECONOCIDAS SISTEMATICAMENTE.,QUE DISTAN 20 M APROXIMADAMENTE UNA DE LA OTRA. TIENEN UN RUMBO PROMEDIO DE N 50 W Y 80 W DE BUZAMIENTOI
Deposit EL DENUNCIO TIENE 24 HA.EL VALOR PROMEDIO PARA 1 TM DE MINERAL ESCOGIDO DA 20.07% CU Y 1.62 OZ AG/TC DE ACUERDO CON LAS COTIZACIONES ACTUALES ES DE $ 113.84 TM. EL COSTO DE OPERACION POR TM ES DE $ 70.20.LA UTILIDAD ES DE $43.64 TM DE MINERAL ESCOGIDO (1 DOLLAR = S/ 38.70 EN EL ANO 1,971) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Quispe Aranda, Luis Alberto Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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