Buena Vista

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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10057811
MRDS ID TC03471
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.20122, -22.46422 (WGS84)
Elevation 500

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
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

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) -70.20122, -22.46422

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault At N60w,65s

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 65-80S
    Length 150M
    Width 1.2M

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 Gatico

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.75HA
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT

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 DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1961, #2030.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #2053R.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR PARALLEL VEINS OXIDIZED TO 40M

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.