El Tingo

Past Producer in La Libertad, Peru with commodities Gold, 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064308
MRDS ID TC38635
Record type Site
Current site name El Tingo
Alternate or previous names Tingo, Choloque-Tingo, Constancia Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.63782, -7.70554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM EAST OF VIJUS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Libertad(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru La Libertad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Electrum Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD GRAINS (6): 68.89-75.18 WEIGHT% AU, 20.70-31.10 WEIGHT % AG, 0.01-0.05 WEIGHT % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pataz Batholith
    Rock description Pataz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.63782, -7.70554

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name CONSTANCIA VEIN
    Strike N35-40W
    Dip 60-70NE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 50M
    Depth to top 190M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pataz Region

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO 30 G/T AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON 4 LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1928-1939.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.