Rincon

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057821
MRDS ID TC03481
Record type Site
Current site name Rincon
Alternate or previous names Julia Enriqueta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.23122, -22.43422 (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
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4.3% CU 16-20 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) -70.23122, -22.43422

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 65W
    Length 300M
    Width 1.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Guanillos

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.06HA
    Overall depth 105M
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT ECONOMIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1965, #2035.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN PRINCIPAL ADIT, TWO LENSES 19M X 11M.

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.