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San Santiago

Past 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057837
MRDS ID TC03501
Record type Site
Current site name San Santiago

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.15449, -22.30087 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • FRUTOS & PINCHEIRA LOCATION AT 22-19-00S AND 068-06-00W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Agua Verde-Tuina Formation
    Rock description Agua Verde/Tuina Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.15449, -22.30087
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N35W
    Dip 65NE
    Length 20M
    Width 25M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COVERED BY PLIOCENE IGNIMBRITES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caspana

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.12HA
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 30M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1969, #2129.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

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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