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Paipote 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. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068480
MRDS ID W001548
Record type Site
Current site name Paipote Cu Mine
Related records 10207107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.29953, -27.39748 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position ABOUT 325 KM. N. 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 PAIPOTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Andean Diorite Complex
    Rock description Andean Diorite Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Volcanic & Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Volcanic & Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.29953, -27.39748
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North-Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Plunging Anticline Through Paipote. Smaller Anticlinal And Synclinal Structures To Se

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusion Of Andean Diorite Complex

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

  • ESTIMATE GRADE OF ORE GREATER THAN 1.0% CU. PRODUCTION EST. BASED ON COPPER METAL PRODUCTION FROM 1.0% CU ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. OF GRADE AND TONNAGE PROBABLY VERY CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING $85 MIL. INVESTMENT BY (ENAMI) FOR PLANT EXPANSIONS
  • NO INFO. ON GRADE. EST. MAY BE CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING INVESTMENT OF $85 MIL. BY (ENAMI) FOR PLANT EXPANSIONS.
  • RESERVE EST. BASED ON 10 YEARS AT 400,000 TON/YEAR AT 1% CU TO PRODUCE 4,000 MET TONS COPPER METAL. GRADE IS PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER

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

  • Deposit

    BOWES, W. A.,AND OTHERS,1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. NO.22, PT.2, P.27-58 (SPANISH)

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON U.S.ATOMIC ENERGY COMM & INSTITUTO INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHILE

  • Deposit

    SEE BOWES, W.A., 1966, REF

  • Production

    MIN. JOUR. 1969, REF.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ESTIMATED 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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