San Federico Y Carmen Alto

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058090
MRDS ID TC03857
Record type Site
Current site name San Federico Y Carmen Alto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.3562, -27.51247 (WGS84)

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
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.3562, -27.51247

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 80W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ojancos Nuevos

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C., 1942, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO REGIONAL DE OJANCOS-PUNTA DEL COBRE: IPIMIGEO 1, P. 1222,

  • Deposit

    FLORES, H., 1947, INFORME GEOLOGICO SOBRE EL GRUPO MINAS SAN FEDERICO, CARMEN ALTO, ANTONIO, Y TRANSITO DE LA SUR OJANCOS: INEDITO (DEMIPE).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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