El Barco

Past 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059086
MRDS ID TC05554
Record type Site
Current site name El Barco
Alternate or previous names Pita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.13065, -29.52414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • RUIZ Y PEEBLES (1988) LOCATION AT 29-29-54S AND 071-08-54W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.13065, -29.52414

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-35W; N20W; 90
    Dip 90; 60-70NE; 90
    Length 600M
    Width 2M
  • Strike N10-35W; N20W; 90
    Dip 90; 60-70NE; 90
  • Strike N10-35W; N20W; 90
    Dip 90; 60-70NE; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Barco

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, J., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: THE BRANWELL CO., NEW YORK.

  • 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.