Chapolla Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063922
MRDS ID TC38035
Record type Site
Current site name Chapolla Mine
Alternate or previous names Las Yeseras

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.7329, -17.66434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 5-10 KM S OF LOCUMBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.7329, -17.66434

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Locumba Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALURGICO, YACIMIENTOS NO METALICO SEL PERU: LIMA, IGMM, P. 12

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.