Rosario Del Llano

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057881
MRDS ID TC03564
Record type Site
Current site name Rosario Del Llano

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.93954, -23.14753 (WGS84)
Elevation 1300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE FROM PIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Argillic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result 8.35% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.93954, -23.14753

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra De Valenzuela

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.24HA
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 73.15M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PIT

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

    WENDEL, C., 1947, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #4397.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.