La Cuillona Prospect

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063923
MRDS ID TC38037
Record type Site
Current site name La Cuillona Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cuilona

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.66624, -17.90599 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Relative position 5 KM SW OF LAS YARAS

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.66624, -17.90599

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sama Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALUGICO, YACIMIENTOS NO METALICOS DEL 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.