Tita Deposito

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Volcanic Materials, Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056336
MRDS ID TAC0124
Record type Site
Current site name Tita Deposito

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.21789, -17.96572 (WGS84)
Elevation 650
Relative position TACNA A 6 KN AL S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • ES ACCESIBLE DESDE TACNA POR CARRETERA ASFALTADA 7 KM HASTA EL DEPOSITO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary
Pumice Primary

Analytical data

Result ANALISIS QUIMICO DA:SIO2 69.22%,AL2O3 9.37%,FE2O3 2.00%,MGO 0.38%,K2O 5.52%,CAO 1.37%,NA2O 7.40%,H2O 0.74%, PXC 3.98%,SO3 NO DETECTADO.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.21789, -17.96572

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANO
    Thickness 2M
    Length 3000M
    Width 2000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LAS RESERVAS SE HAN ESTIMADO DE ACUERDO A LOS SIGUIENTES DIMENSIONES:LARGO 3,000 M;ANCHO 2,000 M;UNA POTENCIA DE 2 M.

Comments on development

  • LOS TRABAJOS EXPLORATORIOS CONSISTEN EN CALICATAS DE HASTA 3 M DE PROFUNDIDAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSPIGLIOSI,C Y BOULANGGER,E.EVALUACION GEOLOGICA PRELIMINAR DE DEPOSITOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE TACNA Y MOQUEGUA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ES ACUMULACION DE CENIZA VOLCANICA Y POMEZ DE COLOR CREMA CLARO ALGO ROSADO.LA RELACION ENTRE LA CENIZA Y LA POMEZ ES DE 70% Y 30% (DIFERENCIADAS POR SU DIAMETRO).EN SUPERFICIE ES SUELTO EL MATERIAL PERO A PROFUNDIDAD SE VA COMPACTANDO.COMPACTA.
Deposit LA CENIZA SE ESTA USANDO EN LA FABRICACION DE LADRILLOS(EN POCA CANTIDAD). ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1994 Quispe Aranda, Luis Alberto Instituto Geologico Minero Y Metalurgico, Peru

Beyond USGS

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