Santa Rosa-San Pedro-Colorada-Recoveco

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059564
MRDS ID TC06205
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa-San Pedro-Colorada-Recoveco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.94952, -26.79665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1980

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS SAMPLE: 4-5 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Bandurrias Formation
    Rock description Bandurrias Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.94952, -26.79665

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-25E
    Dip 60-65SE
    Length 400M
    Width 0.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Inca De Oro

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^23.4 G/T Au (Recoveco)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 23g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10.3 G/T Au (Colorada)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 10g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22.1 G/T Au (Santa Rosa)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 22g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^17.7 G/T Au (San Pedro)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 18g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80M

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.).

  • Deposit

    SALINAS, M., 1973, IIG (INEDITO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS ONLY SAN PEDRO MINE IN THE PRIMARY ZONE

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.