La Salvadora

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057963
MRDS ID TC03674
Record type Site
Current site name La Salvadora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.92284, -22.25255 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

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
Chrysocolla Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 1.5% CU (1.2% SOLUBLE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fortuna Granodiorite
    Rock description Fortuna Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.92284, -22.25255

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W; N50E; N50W
    Dip 80NE; 75NW; 45SW
    Length 10M
    Width 10M
  • Strike N30W; N50E; N50W
    Dip 80NE; 75NW; 45SW
  • Strike N30W; N50E; N50W
    Dip 80NE; 75NW; 45SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name W Chuquicamata

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.01HA
    Overall depth 6M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT 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, 1968, #2145.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.