Amapola Dalia

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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 10059281
MRDS ID TC05822
Record type Site
Current site name Amapola Dalia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.37454, -25.41417 (WGS84)
Elevation 900

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.37454, -25.41417

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW-SSE
    Dip 70-75E
    Width 0.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Taltal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1932, #2323.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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