| Deposit ID | 10063953 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC38080 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tutupaca Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Azufre Grande, Carlos, San Antonio, Santina, Azufre Chico |
| Geographic coordinates: | -70.13289, -17.16435 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 5150 |
| Relative position | 50-5 KM FROM THE TQUEPALA MINES FOLLOWING THE ILO-MOQUEGUA-MASOCRUZ ROAD. ESTIMATED FROM THE "MAPA DE RECURSOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU" SCALE 1:1,250,000, NO. 497 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tacna(province)
Peru(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Peru | Tacna |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Ore |
| (1) | -70.13289, -17.16435 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cairani Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC38080 |
INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALURGICO, 19 , YACIMIENTOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU: LIMA, IGMM, P. 12. BOGGIO, M.S. 1986, PERU: A MINGIN COUNTRY. INGEMMET. P. 1240-1245
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1,986,000 METRIC TONS AT 40-49% SULFUR |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.