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La Luna

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059061
MRDS ID TC05527
Record type Site
Current site name La Luna
Alternate or previous names Chanchita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.28011, -29.14747 (WGS84)
Elevation 650

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.28011, -29.14747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80E
    Length 80M
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT WITH ANDESITES 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 Carrizalillo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 40M

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

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.

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