Dulcinea

Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058086
MRDS ID TC03849
Record type Site
Current site name Dulcinea
Alternate or previous names Mina Dulcinea De Llampos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.96341, -27.14748 (WGS84)
Elevation 2090

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 3% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Hornitos Formation
    Rock description Hornitos Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.96341, -27.14748

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 70W
    Length 1000M
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Puquios

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1500M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEPEST MINE IN CHILE IN 1918 (LITTLE, 1926); BY 1980, OVER 10KM OF UNDERGOUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., 1960, CUADRANGULO LLAMPOS, PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA: CARTA GEOLOGICA # 4, P. 36-38.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, J., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: THE BRANWELL CO., NEW YORK, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    WALKER, C. Y TRAVISANY, V., 1980, GEOLOGIA ECONOMIA METALICA Y NO-METALICA DE LA HOJA CARRERA PINTO, REGION ATACAMA: IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    CLARK, A.H., AND SILLITOE, R.H., 1970, NATIVE ZINC AND ALPHA CU, ZN FROM MINA DULCINEA DE LLAMPOS, COPAIAPO, CHILE: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST V. 55, NO. 5-6, P. 1019-1021.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 21-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.