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Tambo Grande

Occurrence in Piura, Peru with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065206
MRDS ID TC40306
Record type Site
Current site name Tambo Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34983, -4.76151 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piura(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Piura

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF PIURA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.34983, -4.76151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bureau De Recherches Geologiques Et Minieres (BRGM)
    First year 1978
    Last year 1980

Comments on development

  • DRILLED OUT IN PRE-FEASIBILITY STAGE IN 1978-1980 BY BRGM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIDAL, C., C.E., 1987, KUROKO-TYPE DEPOSITS IN THE MIDDLE CRETACEOUS MARGINAL BASIN OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82 NO. 6, P. 1409-1430

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    VIDAL C. (1980).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR SURFACE, LENSOID OF PYRITIC MASSIVE SULFIDE ASSOCIATED WITH BARITE ZONES, SILICEOUS SULFIDE ORE AND HEMATITIC CHERT BEDS.

Reporter information

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

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