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Baguedano 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 10068634
MRDS ID W001785
Record type Site
Current site name Baguedano Cu Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.83286, -23.33086 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Relative position ABOUT 75 KM NE. OF ANTOFAGASTA

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 BAGUEDANO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.83286, -23.33086
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North-Trending Folds, Faults And Plutonic Masses

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. G. GOUDARZI 3/73 BASED ON METAL PRODUCTION REPORTED IN MIN. JOUR., 1969, REF.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. BASED ON $85 MIL. INVESTMENT BY (ENAMI) FOR PLANT EXPANSIONS ON THEIR PROPERTIES. EST. IS CONSERVATIVE
  • EST. BASED ON 10 YEARS RESERVES AT ANNUAL PRODUCTION RATE OF ONE MIL. TONS GREATER THAN 1.0% CU ORE
  • EST. G. GOUDARZI 3/73 BASED ON $85 MIL. INVESTMENT BY (ENAMI) ON EXPANSION - POTENTIAL RESOURCE EST. EQUALS EST. RESERVES.

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

    USAF OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART, 1967, ONC P-26, 2ND ED. SCALE 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1962, MAPA METALOGENICO DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, SCALE 1:1,500,000. (SPANISH)

  • Production

    MIN. JOUR., 1969, REF.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EST. BY G. GOUDARZI 3/73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Davidson, Claire B. U.S. Geological Survey

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