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Conchi Viejo Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
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  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065223
MRDS ID TC40330
Record type Site
Current site name Conchi Viejo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.7109, -22.05116 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN EDGE OF EL ABRA INTRUSIVE COMPLEX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Surrounded By Propyllitic Ring.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name El Abra Intrusive Complex
    Rock description El Abra Intrusive Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.7109, -22.05116
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 800M
    Length 1200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE SUPERGENE (CHALCOCITE) BLANKET MINED OUT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERATION CONTROLLED BY N60W STRUCTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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