Indiana

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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057915
MRDS ID TC03610
Record type Site
Current site name Indiana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.17455, -22.00589 (WGS84)
Elevation 500

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
Bornite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 2.52-3.89% CU 0.7 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) -70.17455, -22.00589

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N34E
    Dip 34SE
    Length 20M
    Width 0.5M

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 Tocopilla

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^<16%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 16wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.032HA
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1960, #2053.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ENAMI, 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION DISSEMINATED AND IN VEINLETS.

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.