Yacamane Mine

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10063955
MRDS ID TC38082
Record type Site
Current site name Yacamane Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.14956, -17.24768 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700

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

  • WESTERN FLANK OF THE YUCAMANE-CALIENTES VOLCANO - LAT LONG ESTIMATED FROM THE "MAPA DE RECURSOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU" SCALE 1:1,250,000, NO. 499.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 167
USGS model code 25m
Deposit model name Fumarolic sulfur

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.14956, -17.24768

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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. 1243

  • 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.