Esperanza Prospect

PE / Tacna

•-17.63934, -70.06623View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Esperanza Prospect is a historic mining site in Tacna, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Capalina (Andesite). Reported specimens include Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Digenite, Galena; logged ore minerals are Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite; gangue is recorded as Limonite, Quartz.

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Found Here

BorniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteGalenaLimoniteMalachitePyriteQuartzSilverStibniteTetrahedrite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Capalina — Andesite
Associated rock: Diorite
Orebody form: LENSES

Ore minerals

BorniteChalcopyriteCovelliteDigeniteGalenaMalachitePyriteTetrahedrite

Gangue minerals

LimoniteQuartz

Structure

Fault, Two Post Mineral Transverse Faults Displace The Veins 2 M.

Alteration

Silicification

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

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. SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS, UNPUBLISHED M.S., P. 885. VARGAS, A.; 1972. ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE LA UNIDAD CAPLINA-TACNA: SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD.B5011. CIMRIVARGAS (1972)

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10063914 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -17.63934, -70.06623

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