Claritas 1 Al 6

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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059686
MRDS ID TC06378
Record type Site
Current site name Claritas 1 Al 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.57453, -29.91913 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Pucalume Formation
    Rock description Pucalume Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.57453, -29.91913

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E; N60E
    Dip 20SE; 40SE
    Thickness 1.5M
  • Strike N25E; N60E
    Dip 20SE; 40SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quebrada La Plata

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAMONO, H. Y BORIC, R., 1982, INVENTARIO POLIMETALICO Y ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO, DISTRITO MINERO TALCUNA: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION: SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1944, #4203.

  • 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.