Puite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063924
MRDS ID TC38038
Record type Site
Current site name Puite Mine
Alternate or previous names Salina De Puite, Huite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.94569, -17.70045 (WGS84)
Elevation 650

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • ON N FLANK OF CERRO SALINAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result UP TO 99% NACL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.94569, -17.70045

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ate Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS UP TO 400M LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALUGICO, 19, YACIMIENTOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU: LIMA, IGMM, P. 12 NARVAEZ, S., 1964, GEOLOGIA DE LOS QUADRANGULOS DE ILO Y LOCUMBA: PERU COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 7, P. 69-70

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO DISCONTINUOUS MANTOS EACH 25-80CM THICK.

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.