Alicia Victoria

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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057971
MRDS ID TC03683
Record type Site
Current site name Alicia Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.88618, -22.27755 (WGS84)
Elevation 2937
Relative position 80M EAST OF 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
Cuprite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

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, -22.27755

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W; N75W
    Dip 60SW; 60SW
    Length 90M
    Width 2M
  • Strike N30W; N75W
    Dip 60SW; 60SW

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 29000000mt 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 0.55HA
    Overall depth 60M
    Overall length 100.58M
    Overall width 50M

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.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI,1971, #2141.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    IIG, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF PRINCIPAL VEIN AND OTHER VEINLETS TO THE EAST.

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.