Cercanita Mine

Past Producer in Tacna, Peru with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10063909
MRDS ID	TC38016
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cercanita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-70.03289, -17.86433 (WGS84)
Relative position	3 KM S OF CERCANA MINE ESTIMATED FROM "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Peru	Tacna

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-70.03289, -17.86433	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC38016

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SIMONS, F.S., 1959, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, P. 884
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VEIN OUTCROPS LESS THAN 1 KM ON STRIKE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-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.