San Ramon

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057831
MRDS ID TC03492
Record type Site
Current site name San Ramon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.21955, -22.39755 (WGS84)
Elevation 180

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
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.21955, -22.39755

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 90
    Dip S
    Length 400M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Guanillos

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 12wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 5.2HA
    Overall depth 300M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 130M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA, SONAMI, SANTIAGO, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L., 1915, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #4106.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #2053R.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION DECREASES WITH DEPTH

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.