Mosca Groeve

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057763
MRDS ID TC03408
Record type Site
Current site name Mosca Groeve

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.24122, -22.71921 (WGS84)
Elevation 940

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
Chrysocolla Ore

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) -70.24122, -22.71921

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Fault At N60e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding - N70e, 25-30se

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 45SW
    Length 70M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Michilla

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 54000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.4HA
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 40M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FLORES, H., 1964, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #2806.

  • Deposit

    PEDDAR, T., 1944, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3703.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    PEDDAR, T., 1944.

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.