Manto De Togenes Mine

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068922
MRDS ID W002197
Record type Site
Current site name Manto De Togenes Mine
Alternate or previous names Manto
Related records 10063900, 10063937, 10063939, 10063942, 10063945, 10096035, 10063940, 10096042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.56624, -17.28101 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 2-10% COPPER, 100-500 G/MT AG, 1-2 G/MT AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip NE
    Length 1000M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 180M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Alayza

Mining district

District name Tojenes

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 903A SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU USGS, UNPUB. MS., P. 909.

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    ALAYZA Y PAS SOLDAN, FRANCISCO, 1903, INFORME SOBRE LA PROVINCIA LITORAL DE MOQUEQUA Y EL DEPARTAMENTO DE TACNA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 3, P. 112-115

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 15-80 CM WIDE TRACEABLE 100M ALONG STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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