Rosa Carlota Mina

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056274
MRDS ID TAC0014
Record type Site
Current site name Rosa Carlota Mina
Related records 10100842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.48707, -17.38156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position ILABAYA 4.5 KM AL SW(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

  • 10 KMS AL SE DE LA MINA LUCUMANE. SU ACCESO ES DESDE TACNA-KM 1247 PANAMERICANA SUR - MIRAVE. PARAJE INMEDIACIONES DEL PUEBLO DE CHEJAYA, FLANCO OESTE DEL CERRO MINAITITA. ILABAYA-CHEJAYA (114 KM) LUEGO 2 KM POR UN CAMINO DE HERRADURA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hidrotermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Toquepala
    Rock description Toquepala

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.48707, -17.38156

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Falla Incapuquio

Ore body information

  • Strike N 27 W
    Dip 60 E
    Length 160M
    Width 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ilabaya (Zona De Ilabaya)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rosales Enrique

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EL ANALISIS DE LAS MUESTRAS DA UN PROMEDIO DE 3.0% CU QUE DILUIDA A 0.8 M POT. SE REDUCE A 1.5% CU Y 5.0 OZ/TC AG.ESTAS LEYES NO SON COMERCIALES, POR LO QUE NO SE CONSIDERAN RESERVAS. SU ACCESO ES DIFICIL.

Comments on the workings information

  • SE HAN EFECTUADO LABORES SUPERFICIALES (15 EN TOTAL) TRABAJADAS ENTRE 1967 Y 1969. LA MAS PROFUNDA LLEGA A TENER HASTA 45 M DE LONGITUD, EN LA ACTUALIDAD ESTA PARALIZADA (1974)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VARGAS, ARCADIO Y PAZ MAIDANA, MANUEL; GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA DE LAS UNIDADES DE ILABAYA Y CERCANA (DPTO TACNA),SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA,1974.COD.B 7,278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL DENUNCIO COMPRENDE 16 HECTAREAS. VEA RECORD NUMBER TC38059. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Quispe Aranda, Luis Alberto Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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