Matalaque

Occurrence in Moquegua, Peru with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063960
MRDS ID TC38087
Record type Site
Current site name Matalaque
Alternate or previous names Area De Matalaque

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.81625, -16.4977 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 2 KM SE OF MATALAQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moquegua(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Moquegua

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 630 ON "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DE PERU: (1959).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.81625, -16.4977

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOGGIO, M.S., 1985, PERU: A MINING COUNTRY, INGEMMET V. 3 P. 194.

  • Deposit

    U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1959, PLAN REGIONAL PARA EL DESAROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, V. 2, PS/A/5. LOS RECURSOS MINERALES, LIMA, PERU, 150 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Restrepo, Pedro U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.