Mine detail: Toquela Deposit

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Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.11435, -69.91622
dep_id: 10063934
mrds_id: TC38054
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
ore_ctrl: Structural-Micalaco Transcurrent Fault
Reporter: Long, K.R., Restrepo, P.A.
hrock_unit: Barrosa
hrock_type: Trachyte
arock_type: Trachyte
Structure: Incapuquio Fault System - N50-55w Transcurrent Of Which The Micalaco Fault Is Most Important With A Shear Zone 200-500m Thick And Mineralized, Faults 200m Wide In N50e Trend
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO MINERO Y METALURGICO, 19?, YACIMIENTOS NO METALICOS DEL PERU: LIMA, IGMM, P. 12. BIGGIO, M.S., 1986, PERU: A MINING COUNTRY. INGEMMET, P. 174-188
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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