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Tulipan

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. 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 10057961
MRDS ID TC03672
Record type Site
Current site name Tulipan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.90951, -22.24922 (WGS84)
Elevation 3060

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result VEIN - 3.64% CU, 23 G/T AG, 0.82 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.90951, -22.24922
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E; N85E
    Dip 60SE; 70SE
    Length 60M
    Width 0.8M
  • Strike N80E; N85E
    Dip 60SE; 70SE

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 W Chuquicamata

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.006HA
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 54.86M
    Overall width 1M

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

    VEGA, J. Y BORDONES, L., 1981, GEOLOGIA DEL CUADRANGULO CERROS DE PAQUI Y PARTE OESTE DEL CUADRANGULO CONCHI: MEMORIA DE TITULO, UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, ANTOFAGASTA, 169 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS ARE 200M APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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