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Azulyaco Mine

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068923
MRDS ID W002198
Record type Site
Current site name Azulyaco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.52457, -17.33935 (WGS84)
Relative position TOGENES AREA (REGION) IS CENTERED AROUND AND TO THE NORTH OF ILABAYA ON THE RIO ILABAYA-SALADO SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF TACNA AND TARATA (CANDARAVE SHEET.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 15 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.52457, -17.33935
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wallrock In All Deposits Is Dark Medium-Grained Diorite Of The Coastal Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N TO NNW
    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 Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 903A

  • 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 PAZ 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

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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