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Unidentified Mine

Past 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057972
MRDS ID TC03684
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.96285, -22.28588 (WGS84)
Elevation 3250

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pajonal-Los Picos Batholith
    Rock description Pajonal-Los Picos Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.96285, -22.28588
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N86E; N55W
    Dip 85N; 75SW
    Length 40M
    Width 0.8M
  • Strike N86E; N55W
    Dip 85N; 75SW

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/Underground
    Area 0.04HA
    Overall depth 40M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 10M

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, 169 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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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