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Unidentified Mine

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057895
MRDS ID TC03582
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.54288, -23.42753 (WGS84)
Elevation 240

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
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 2.12-4.24% CU, 0.022-0.044 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.54288, -23.42753
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E; N45E
    Dip 80NW; 70SE
    Length 30M
    Width 1.5M
  • Strike N40E; N45E
    Dip 80NW; 70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mejillones

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.04HA
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE; STOPED TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 200M 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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