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Romulo

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104418
MRDS ID TC03199
Record type Site
Current site name Romulo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.20452, -21.91755 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLES
Result 2-56.5 G/T AU (<5M DEPTH) 2.5-8.5 G/T AU (6M DEPTH)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Quinchamale Formation
    Rock description Quinchamale Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.20452, -21.91755
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E-N80W
    Dip 90-75N
    Length 1000M
    Width 0.7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Moreno

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 6M
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY CHILE EXPLORATION COMPANY IN 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., Y MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    PERKINS,W AND MARSH, W., 1932, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3732.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THRE VEINS ABOUT 50M APART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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