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Bella Esperanza, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079742
MRDS ID W029846
Record type Site
Current site name Bella Esperanza, Chile

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.37619, -22.90754 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.37619, -22.90754
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RUIZ FULLER STATED IN 1965: 20,000 TO 200,000 MET. TONS COPPER CONTENT.
  • RUIZ FULLER STATED IN 1965: 20,000 MET. TONS COPPER CONTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SERRANO, MARIO, 1962, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PART OF THE SIERRA GORDA DISTRICT, PROV. OF ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME 4570

Reporter information

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

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