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Gloria Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063903
MRDS ID TC38006
Record type Site
Current site name Gloria Mine
Alternate or previous names Paucarani

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.77788, -17.49211 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF CERRO MOCOMOCONE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 167
USGS model code 25m
Deposit model name Fumarolic sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Barrosa
    Rock description Barrosa

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.77788, -17.49211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taru Cachi Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENDIVIL, S., 1965, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE MAURE Y ANTAJAVE: COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL BOL. 10, P. 87

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFER OUTCROPS OVER AN AREA OF 1 SQ KM IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AS LENSES AND POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Restrepo, P.A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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