Tutupaca Deposit

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Sulfur
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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

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
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.13289, -17.16435

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cairani Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1,986,000 METRIC TONS AT 40-49% SULFUR

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.