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Mercurio

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10057835
MRDS ID TC03497
Record type Site
Current site name Mercurio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.22455, -22.36755 (WGS84)
Elevation 4

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Epidote Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization

Analytical data

Result 3.7% CU 3.5 G/T AG

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) -70.22455, -22.36755
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike 0
    Dip 20E
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 50M
    Width 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limited By East-Verging Faults In North And South

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 0.09HA
    Overall depth 60M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, ADIT; STOPES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT ECONOMIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1924, #2000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCORDANT TO BEDDING; 3 MANTOS, 20M APART

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.

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