Verde

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Manganese, 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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059004
MRDS ID TC05449
Record type Site
Current site name Verde

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.1001, -29.85552 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Arqueros Formation
    Rock description Arqueros Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.1001, -29.85552

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lambert

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.65 wt-pct Copper Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES SAN LUIS, JAMLAS, AND SAN RAMON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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