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Ancon Sin Salida, Chile

Occurrence 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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079709
MRDS ID W029803
Record type Site
Current site name Ancon Sin Salida, Chile

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.41111, -52.21139 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Gangue
Gold Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Silver Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.41111, -52.21139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ORE POQUETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PROSPECT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1)ABOUT 4,500,000 CM OF THE 13,400,000 CM HAS 0.336 G/CU M AU, SO IT CULD BE SELECTIVELY EXPLOITED. IN AN AREA OF ABOUT 350 KM2 THERE IS EXPECTED A RESERVE OF 10,000,000 CU M WITH 0.2 G/CM AU. 1993 DATA IS MINEABLE RESERVE TO DEPTH OF 20 M AT PAMPA BLANCA.
  • PROBLEMS WITH LARGE BOULDERS.
  • RUIZ FULLER STATED IN 1965: 20,000 MET. TONS COPPER CONTENT.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED WITH DREDGES AND MONITORS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFERDS DE CHILE, P., ED. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORD NUMBER PUN0155.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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