Alejo

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104453
MRDS ID TC03440
Record type Site
Current site name Alejo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.84784, -22.56421 (WGS84)
Elevation 2680

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result 7.54% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Chronological age 305
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Chronological age 305
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.84784, -22.56421

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E-90
    Dip 70SE
    Length 50M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moctezuma

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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