Mine detail: Esperanza Prospect

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Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.63934, -70.06623
dep_id: 10063914
mrds_id: TC38022
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES
alteration: Silicification
conc_proc: Oxidation Up To 50 M Depth.
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.
hrock_unit: Capalina;Junerata
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Fault, Two Post Mineral Transverse Faults Displace The Veins 2 M.
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150.
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 885.
  • Deposit:: VARGAS, A.; 1972. ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE LA UNIDAD CAPLINA-TACNA: SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD.B5011.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: VARGAS (1972)
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