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Tambo Grande Iron 1

Prospect in Piura, Peru with commodity Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068932
MRDS ID W002208
Record type Site
Current site name Tambo Grande Iron 1
Alternate or previous names Yatapera-Tambo Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.33316, -4.91484 (WGS84)
Elevation 65
Relative position THE TAMBO GRANDE IRON DEPOSIT IS AT THE TOWN OF TAMBO GRANDE, ABOUT 30 KM E. OF SULLANA IN THE PROVINCIA DE PIURA, (MORROPON SHEET)

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

  • NO. 1 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE SANDSTONE, OR QUARTZITE (?)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PER CENT: FE, 43
Result SI02, 37
Result S, 0.38
Result AND P, 0.19.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.33316, -4.91484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 700M
    Width 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name South Andean Marginal Metallogenic Province

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA ABOVE IS MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1541

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y FOMENTO MINERA, 1953, 1954

  • Deposit

    VENTURO, PEDRO, 1904, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO DE TAMBO GRANDE: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU, BOL., NO. 8, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.N. 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES-P. 372

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1904-FIRST DESCRIBED BY VENTURO (1904)

Reporter information

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

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