Estrella

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059060
MRDS ID TC05526
Record type Site
Current site name Estrella

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.16344, -29.03636 (WGS84)
Elevation 630

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.16344, -29.03636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 70NW
    Length 500M
    Width 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT WITH ANDESIES OF LOWER CRETACEOUS BANDURRIAS FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name De Mollaca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60M

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.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG STRUCTURE WHEREBY MINERALIZED LENSES ARE POSITIONED APPROXIMATELY EVERY FOUR METERS

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.