La Bolsa-Descubridora

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Silver
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 10058469
MRDS ID TC04452
Record type Site
Current site name La Bolsa-Descubridora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.37454, -25.04917 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.1-10% CU
Result 9-21 G/T AG

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) -70.37454, -25.04917

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0-N30W; N60E
    Dip 45E-90; 70N
    Length 400M
    Width 1.5M
  • Strike 0-N30W; N60E
    Dip 45E-90; 70N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1959

Mining district

District name Matancilla

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.5HA
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 50M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1961, #2384.

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1971, #1598.

  • 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.