Dinko Ii

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057792
MRDS ID TC03448
Record type Site
Current site name Dinko Ii
Alternate or previous names Milagro Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.42783, -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

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) -68.42783, -22.54921

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70SE
    Length 210M
    Width 20M
    Depth to bottom 55M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near San Jose Fault (N20e, 70se)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tuina

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Latin American Mines
    Year 1960
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Enami
    Year 1963
    First year 1973

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT PROSPECTIVE

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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    RACZYNSKI, A., 1963.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10-30M EAST OF SAN JOSE 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.