Loreto

Occurrence in Moquegua, Peru with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063962
MRDS ID TC38095
Record type Site
Current site name Loreto
Alternate or previous names Cerro Loreto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.28292, -17.69767 (WGS84)

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. 483 ON "MAPA DE YACIMIENTOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.28292, -17.69767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INGEMMET, 19.(?), MAPA DE YACIMIENTOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU, P. 10.

  • 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.