Liverpool

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058450
MRDS ID TC04427
Record type Site
Current site name Liverpool

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.40787, -24.98917 (WGS84)
Elevation 1040

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.40787, -24.98917

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Also Faults At N15-20w, 57-83sw And N15e, 85w

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-45E
    Dip 70-80NW
    Length 100M
    Width 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Montecristo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    MAGMA-SERPLAC, 1979, PROYECTO DE ORO SUR DE ANTOFAGASTA.

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1973, #1812.

  • 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.