Tambo Grande

PeruUnknown
Contained Copper
1.9 Mt
Average Grade
1.07%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1976

Overview

TG-1, Oxide Cap, massive sulfides 950 m long, 350 m wide, 200 m thick. TG-3 500 m wide, 300 m thick, multiple stacks of lenses flanking a dacite dome, 500 m south of TG-1. TG-1 has a stringer zone of quartz-pyrite-chlorite-chalcopyrite-calcite-barite. Tholeiitic-subalkaline volcanics. Back arc rifted continental margin basin.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

View on Interactive Map →