Santa Rosa

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057802
MRDS ID TC03462
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa
Alternate or previous names Santa Rosa Copper Property
Related records 10134326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.4295, -22.50087 (WGS84)
Elevation 3060
Relative position 50 KM E OF CALAMA

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
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Analytical data

Result FLUID INCLUSION HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 90 AND 200 DEGREES CELSIUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tuina Formation
    Rock description Tuina Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.4295, -22.50087

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ns-Trending San Jose Fault Nearby

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
    Year 1960
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Enami
    Year 1963
    First year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner North Lily Mining Co. And Mahogany Co.
    Interest 51
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 55000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 600000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.73 wt-pct Copper Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)PROBABLY MINED OUT BY 1973. (2) EST BY NORTH LILY MINING CO: BY CALCULLATION ON SURFACE EXPOSURES (3) GEOLOGICALLY INFERRED; FOR 42 SAMPLES AVERAGE SOLUBILITY OF CONTAINED CU WAS 92%

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT EXHAUSTED

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, DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1992, NORTH LILY MINING EXPLORES COPPER PROPERTY IN N. CHILE: SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, OCT. 24, 1992, P. 3.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE BODIES; OXIDIZED TO 20M, THREE MANTOS ARE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 8 M THICK, EXPOSED OVER AREA 250 X 120 M; OREBODY EXTENDS DOWN DIP TO NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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