La Tola

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057745
MRDS ID TC03388
Record type Site
Current site name La Tola
Alternate or previous names Tres Amigos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.39785, -22.80254 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 1.5KM N85W FROM FARIDE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE (1983)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result 1.1 G/T AU 0.33% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.39785, -22.80254

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 90
    Length 25M
    Width 0.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Gorda

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.008HA
    Overall depth 15M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 3M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPED TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1976, INEDITO #834.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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