La Pepa

Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058062
MRDS ID TC03813
Record type Site
Current site name La Pepa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.2745, -27.26497 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz, Chlorite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.2745, -27.26497

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1983
Discoverer Exploraciones Y Minerales Sierra Morena

Mining district

District name Maricunga

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont Chile
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minera Horus Ltd. Subsidary Of Bridger Resources

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) AND ORE (2) ARE ADDITIVE

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY EXPLORACIONES Y MINERALES SIERRA MORENA. MINERA HORUS LTD IS EXPLOITING THE DEPOSIT ON A SMALL SCALE (1991) ; TOTAL$: 3.8

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.