Mine detail: Tambo Grande Iron 1

Previously called 'Yatapera-Tambo Grande'

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Location: Piura, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -4.91484, -80.33316
dep_id: 10068932
mrds_id: W002208
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Hematite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
disc_yr: 1904
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  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1541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
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