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Puquio Cantera

Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056331
MRDS ID TAC0116
Record type Site
Current site name Puquio Cantera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.39706, -17.77849 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Relative position SAMA GRANDE A 9.5 KM AL W(LINEA RECTA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • ES ACCESIBLE DESDE TACNA DE LA SIGUIENTE MANERA:TACNA-KM 1264.3 (26 KM)CARRETERA PANAMERICANA;KM 1264.3 - CANTERA(13 KMM) CARRETERA AFIRMADA. PARAJE QUEBRADA PUQUIO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Analytical data

Result AL2O3 12.74%,47.79% SIO2,4.46% FE2O3,2.14% K2O,2.07% MGO,0.75% NA2O,7.52% CAO,2.68% H2O.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Moquegua
    Rock description Moquegua
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.39706, -17.77849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • LLAS LABORES DE EXPLOTACION SON MANUALES Y A CIELO ABIERTO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSPIGLIOSI,C Y BOULANGGER,E.EVALUACION GEOLOGICA PRELIMINAR DE DEPOSITOS MINERALEAS NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE TACNA Y MOQUEGUA.INGEMMET 1,994

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SON CAPAS ARCILLO-ARENOSAS DE 10-20 M DE POTENCIA,PRESENTA UNA CARGA DE 3-6 M DE CONGLOMERADOS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1994 Quispe Aranda, Luis Alberto Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

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