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Rosa Carlota Mine

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100842
MRDS ID TC38059
Record type Site
Current site name Rosa Carlota Mine
Related records 10056274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.48707, -17.38156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700

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

  • ON CERRO MINAYTITA. ESTIMATED FROM THE "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DE PERU" NO. 929

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Toquepala
    Rock description Toquepala
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.48707, -17.38156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 75NE
    Length 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Ilabaya Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Enrique Rosales
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS 15-50 M LONG

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 BOGGIO, M.S., 1986. PERU: A MINING COUNTRY. INGEMMET. P. 1490

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 15-40 CM WIDE AND OUTCROPS FOR 300M ALONG STRIKE ON NO. 3 LEVEL VEIN IS BANDED WITH 2-10 CM QUARTZ-LIMONITE IN CONTACT WITH WALL ROCK, COVERED BY 5-15CM BARITE-GALENA, THIN 5-10 CM QUARTZ, AND 5-10 CM FAULT BRECCIA.
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER TAC0014.

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
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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