El Guanaco

Prospect in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058688
MRDS ID TC05006
Record type Site
Current site name El Guanaco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.73286, -29.79746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elquinos Formation
    Rock description Elquinos Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.73286, -29.79746

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Guanaco

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERATION COVERS AREA OF 0.7 SQ. KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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