Juan Y Adrian

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057893
MRDS ID TC03579
Record type Site
Current site name Juan Y Adrian
Alternate or previous names Chicago

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.41952, -23.3692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830

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
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Augusta Victoria Formation
    Rock description Augusta Victoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.41952, -23.3692

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 65NE
    Length 70M
    Width 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Del Buitre

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 1800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 5 wt-pct Copper Major 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.015HA
    Overall depth 45M
    Overall length 68.58M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE

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

    WILLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #22283.

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1971, INEDITO #1470.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1966.

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.