Cerro Camino

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057611
MRDS ID TC03218
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Camino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.65286, -21.70589 (WGS84)
Elevation 1275

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 318
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 318
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.65286, -21.70589

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W; N20W; N40W
    Dip 80NE; 85SW; 90
    Length 10M
    Width 0.5M
  • Strike N40W; N20W; N40W
    Dip 80NE; 85SW; 90
  • Strike N40W; N20W; N40W
    Dip 80NE; 85SW; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quillagua

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1979, INEDITO #2033 & 2030.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE KILOMETER SEPARATES EACH VEIN. OTHER SMALL VEINS WITH COPPER OXIDES LOCATED TWO KILOMETERS TO SOUTH.

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.