Huanca Luna Deposit

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093753
MRDS ID W026861
Record type Site
Current site name Huanca Luna Deposit
Alternate or previous names Chambal, Huacaluna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.11625, -17.78099 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 KM ESE OF ILO

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

  • ON CERRO HUACA LUNA/CERRO CHAMBAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith
    Rock description Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.11625, -17.78099

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS IN BODIES OF ACID INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF GRANITIC & DIORITIC TYPES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coastal Intrusives

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380. 433 QUN22S

  • Deposit

    MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU (1969) INGEMMET

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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