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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Copper
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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. 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 10096042
MRDS ID TC38066
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10068922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.56624, -17.28101 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 TO 9 KM N OF ILABAYA

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

Comments on the location information

  • THREE PROSPECTS IN QUEBRADA DE COCAJONE WITHIN TOJENES DISTRICT. LAT-LON FOR TOJENES DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ESTIMATED TO ASSAY 1-2% CU OR LESS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.56624, -17.28101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N12W; N5E; N10E
    Dip 75E; 70W; 60-75NE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N12W; N5E; N10E
    Dip 75E; 70W; 60-75NE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N12W; N5E; N10E
    Dip 75E; 70W; 60-75NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tojenes Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST (WEST) VEIN DEVELOPED BY 4 OPEN CUTS 1-5 M DEEP. SECOND VEIN HAS A SHORT, CAVED ADIT. THIRD VEIN DEVELOPED BY TRENCHES AND 9M ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/S LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST (WEST) VEIN OUTCROPS FOR 40M, IS 80-100 CM WIDE, CONTAINS 1-20 CM WIDE STRINGERS OF QUARTZ. SECOND VEIN 30 M NE HAS LIMITED OUTCROP. THIRD VEIN 80-100M N OUTCROPS FOR 250M, IS 40-100 CM WIDE. WITH 30-50 CM BRECCIA AND 10-50 CM QUARTZ LENSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Restrepo, P.A. U.S. Geological Survey

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