Santa Malvina

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Silver
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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057805
MRDS ID TC03465
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Malvina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.21622, -22.47255 (WGS84)
Elevation 260

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 8.90% CU 5.4 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.21622, -22.47255

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E; N54W
    Dip 75SW; 28-33SW
    Length 60M
    Width 0.9M
  • Strike N70E; N54W
    Dip 75SW; 28-33SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gatico

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 6700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.006HA
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1960, 1962, AND 1968, #2019.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1960, #2053R.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1968.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN FRACTURES AND DISSEMINATED OVER A WIDTH OF 10M. OXIDIZED TO 20M

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.