San Martin

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057790
MRDS ID TC03446
Record type Site
Current site name San Martin
Alternate or previous names Codiciada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.41283, -22.55087 (WGS84)
Elevation 3350

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tuina Formation
    Rock description Tuina Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.41283, -22.55087

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 75E
    Length 180M
    Width 5M
    Depth to bottom 80M

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 Tuina

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Latin American Mines

Comments on the production information

  • FROM OPEN PIT 70M X 30M X 15M

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.2HA
    Overall depth 15M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 110M

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

    RACZYNSKI, A., 1963, GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE TUINA: TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, SANTIAGO, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1973, #2100.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ENAMI, 1973.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80M FROM A FAULT

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.