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Combarbala Cu Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068470
MRDS ID W001534
Record type Site
Current site name Combarbala Cu Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.0162, -31.18079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position ABOUT 175 KM SE. OF COASTAL CITY LA SERENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE FOR TOWN OF COMBARBALA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.0162, -31.18079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic 4as25s

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Nacional De Mineria (Enami)

Comments on the production information

  • EST. BY GOUDARZI 3/73. GRADE IS PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER THAN 1.0% CU. ORE PRODUCTION ESTIMATE BASED ON METAL PRODUCTION FROM 1.0% CU ORE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. BASED ON 10 YEAR AT 250,000 TON/YEAR ORE GREATER THAN 1.0% CU. TO YIELD 2,000 TONS COPPER
  • EST. CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING $85 MIL. INVESTMENT BY (ENAMI) ON PLANT EXPANSIONS. POTENTIAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED TO EQUAL RESERVES.
  • GRADE AND TONNAGE ESTIMATES PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING $85 MIL. INVESTMENT BY (ENAMI) FOR PLANT EXPANSIONS ON PROPERTIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, 1969, JUNE, P. 258

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, ALEXANDER, 1969, CHILE'S SMALL COPPER MINES EXPAND: WORLD MINING, V. 5, NO. 4, P. 50-55.

  • Production

    MIN. JOUR. 1969, REF.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EST. BY G. GOUDARZI 3/73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Davidson, Claire B. U.S. Geological Survey

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