Ano Nuevo

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058975
MRDS ID TC05405
Record type Site
Current site name Ano Nuevo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.43286, -27.55164 (WGS84)
Elevation 700

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
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result IN CENTRAL PART CU = 1.5% AND INCREASES OUTWARD TO UP TO 10% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.43286, -27.55164

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CIRCULAR
    Strike N46E
    Dip 80SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ojancos Viejos

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    RUGE, H., 1975, ENAMI (INEDITO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURES TREND N26E, 30W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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