San Luis Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodity Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063904
MRDS ID TC38007
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.82816, -17.44961 (WGS84)
Elevation 5375

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

  • ON VOLCAN PAUCARAN I

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Gypsum Gangue

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) -69.82816, -17.44961

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tarata Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENDIVIL, S., 1965, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE MAURE Y ANTAJAVE: COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICA NACIONAL BOLETIN 10, P. 88

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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

Beyond USGS

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