Angelica

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104456
MRDS ID TC03454
Record type Site
Current site name Angelica
Alternate or previous names Santa Margarita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.40617, -22.52754 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

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
Chrysocolla Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 1.9% CU (1972)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tuina Formation
    Rock description Tuina Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.40617, -22.52754

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Proximal To Santa Margarita Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E; N30E; N10W
    Dip 70E; 70E; NE
  • Strike N10E; N30E; N10W
    Dip 70E; 70E; NE
  • Strike N10E; N30E; N10W
    Dip 70E; 70E; NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tuina

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Latin American Mines
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Enami
    First year 1973

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT NEARLY EXHAUSTED (UNECONOMIC)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1973, # 2100.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS 1700M APART

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.