San Carlos

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058206
MRDS ID TC04082
Record type Site
Current site name San Carlos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.43426, -26.38082 (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
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.43426, -26.38082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Las Animas

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, J., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: THE BRANWELL CO., NEW YORK, P. 88

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ORE TO AT LEAST 150M.

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.