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Encanto

Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057827
MRDS ID TC03487
Record type Site
Current site name Encanto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.13788, -22.41922 (WGS84)
Elevation 1470

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Gypsum 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 Formation
    Rock description La Negra Formation
    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) -70.13788, -22.41922
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E; 0
    Dip 75NW; 90
    Length 20M
    Width 8M
  • Strike N55E; 0
    Dip 75NW; 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZEOLITE METAMORPHISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Lealtad

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 32970000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.016HA
    Overall depth 25M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROSPECTIVE

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, 1966, # 2053R

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1965, #2039.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1966

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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