El Gallo Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065661
MRDS ID TC41024
Record type Site
Current site name El Gallo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.39118, -36.69334 (WGS84)
Elevation 1850
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 95 KM S50W OF "LA PENINSULA" LAGUNA DEL MAULE, Est Within 15 Secs

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.39118, -36.69334

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 70N
    Length 3M
    Width 0.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MUNOZ J., AND NIEMEYER H., 1984, HOJA LAGUNA DEL MAULE: CARTA GEOLOGICA DE CHILE NO. 64, 98 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-94 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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