Rica Aventura

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. 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 10057822
MRDS ID TC03482
Record type Site
Current site name Rica Aventura

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.13955, -22.42755 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500

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
Atacamite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Negra Formaiton
    Rock description La Negra Formaiton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.13955, -22.42755

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 70E

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZEOLITE METAMORPHISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Lealtad

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 152400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.48HA
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 54.86M
    Overall width 80M

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 & 1967, #2039.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, 2053R.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVERS AREA OF 600 SQ M; MAY EXTEND TO NORTHWEST AND INCLUDE ANOTHER 20,000 SQ M.

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.