Jovita

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058352
MRDS ID TC04264
Record type Site
Current site name Jovita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.80452, -21.0559 (WGS84)
Elevation 4310

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.80452, -21.0559

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 70SW
    Length 200M
    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 Collahuasi, Quebrada Blanca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, INCLINE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT PROSPECTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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