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Carmen

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058178
MRDS ID TC04037
Record type Site
Current site name Carmen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.96896, -27.06137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900

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
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Phyllic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 12-30 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.96896, -27.06137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike 0
    Dip W
    Length 450M
    Width 0.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cachiyuyo De Oro

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FLORES, H., 1938, PLANO GEOLOGICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO CACHIYUYO DE ORO: BOL. MIN. PET., 751.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., 1960, CUADRANGULO LLAMPOS, PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA: CARTA GEOLOGICA # 4, P. 34-36.

  • Deposit

    WALKER, C. Y TRAVISANY, V., 1980, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA 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.).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 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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