Lagarto

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057584
MRDS ID TC03178
Record type Site
Current site name Lagarto
Alternate or previous names Cristanas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.68451, -21.86588 (WGS84)
Elevation 3750

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
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 SURFACE SAMPLES: 6.3, 7.4, & 6.5% CU (1963)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.68451, -21.86588

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding At N25w, 25ne

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80NW
    Length 500M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • 500M WEST OF CONTACT WITH 65.1 +/- 1.8MA ANORTHOSITE

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 0.25HA
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 5M

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

    ENAMI, 1963, # 2125.

  • Deposit

    RAMIREZ, C. Y HUETE, C., 1981, HOJA OLLAGUE, CARTA GEOLOGICA # 40.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.