Santa Lucia

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. 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 10057791
MRDS ID TC03447
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Lucia
Alternate or previous names Veta Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.42617, -22.54921 (WGS84)
Elevation 3250

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic, Propylitic

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) -68.42617, -22.54921

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5W
    Dip 80W
    Length 450M
    Width 3M
    Depth to bottom 100M

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT NEARLY EXHAUSTED (UNECONOMIC)

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

    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

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1973.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION 20M 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.