Huanuni Prospect

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063929
MRDS ID TC38047
Record type Site
Current site name Huanuni Prospect
Alternate or previous names Huanune

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.98288, -17.78099 (WGS84)
Relative position 2-3 KM SW OF PALCA

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

  • NEAR HUANUNE, LAT LON ESTIMATED FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959). NO. 921

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.98288, -17.78099

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palca Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V.2, INFORME PS/A/5 LOS RECURSOS MINERALES: LIMA, USAID, P. 150. SIMONS, F., 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: USGS UNPUB. MS., P. 1455

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS

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.