Burladora

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058197
MRDS ID TC04066
Record type Site
Current site name Burladora
Alternate or previous names Crucero, Pobreza, Vanguardia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.32787, -31.73579 (WGS84)
Elevation 850

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.32787, -31.73579

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 80W
    Length 800M
    Width 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cavololen

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5.5 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 870000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.5 g/mt Gold Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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