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Enchufe

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  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 10057970
MRDS ID TC03681
Record type Site
Current site name Enchufe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.88618, -22.27422 (WGS84)
Elevation 2955
Relative position 100M FROM CONTACT BETWEEN ELENA GRANODIORITE AND CHUQUICAMATA PORPHYRY.

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
Antlerite Ore
Atacamite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.88618, -22.27422
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W; N30W
    Dip 70SW; 80NE
    Length 92M
    Width 22M
  • Strike N60W; N30W
    Dip 70SW; 80NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chuquicamata

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Codelco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 13120000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.3HA
    Overall depth 126M
    Overall length 118.87M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY ASSIMILATED INTO CHUQUICAMATA PIT.

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

    IIG, 1974, INEDITO #789.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    IIG, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS 100M 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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