Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057583
MRDS ID TC03177
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.69618, -21.88755 (WGS84)
Elevation 3430

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tolar Formaiton
    Rock description Tolar Formaiton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.69618, -21.88755

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding At N30w, 30ne

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E; N45W
    Dip 80W; 90
    Length 30M
    Width 0.1M
  • Strike N10E; N45W
    Dip 80W; 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Colorado

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.06HA
    Overall depth 3M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 20M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., Y MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1977, INEDITO #944.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER VEINLETS 1200M TO SOUTHEAST WITH ORIENTATION OF N80W, 80S AND 0.05M WIDE. LOCATED ONE KILOMETER NORTH OF QUEBRADA MILLO ALTERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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