Panizos Blancos

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10057743
MRDS ID TC03385
Record type Site
Current site name Panizos Blancos
Alternate or previous names Socavon Ossa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.22955, -22.81754 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • RUIZ & PEEBLES (1988) LOCATION AT 22-49-42S AND 070-14-36W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Negra Formation
    Rock description La Negra Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.22955, -22.81754

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E; N65W; N50E; N35E
    Dip 70NW; 68SW; 60SE; 80S
    Length 70M
    Width 50M
  • Strike N20E; N65W; N50E; N35E
    Dip 70NW; 68SW; 60SE; 80S
  • Strike N20E; N65W; N50E; N35E
    Dip 70NW; 68SW; 60SE; 80S
  • Strike N20E; N65W; N50E; N35E
    Dip 70NW; 68SW; 60SE; 80S

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 Panizos Blancos

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.03HA
    Overall depth 100M
    Overall length 265.18M
    Overall width 70M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C., AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 19??, #2016.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECTOR SUPERIOR IS SUB-CIRCULAR BODY 70M LONG (EW) X 50M WIDE (NS); THE SOCAVON OSSA VEIN IS 100M BELOW THIS SECTOR BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER IS UNCLEAR. 600M TO EAST (COLO-COLO), 600M TO NORTHEAST (JOTE), AND 1KM TO NORTHEAST (RENGO) ARE FAULT-CONTROLLED VEINS TRENDING N25-45E, 75-85SE. <20,000T CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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