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Maria Victoria

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10057883
MRDS ID TC03567
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.92287, -23.15253 (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

Materials information

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

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) -69.92287, -23.15253
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding - N45w, 25-50sw Faults At 90, 50n And Nw, 55se

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 25-50SW
    Thickness 5M
    Width 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE NOT REMOVED FROM WORKINGS. 30,000T OF BARREN TAILINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 7HA
    Overall depth 150M
    Overall length 320.04M
    Overall width 200M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, INCLINE, PIT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FROM 19TH CENTURY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROSPECTIVE

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, 1970, #22303.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURES AND CONCENTRATED NEAR TWO NORMAL FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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