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Delirio 1, 2, & 3

Past Producer 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. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104472
MRDS ID TC03554
Record type Site
Current site name Delirio 1, 2, & 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.18787, -23.1892 (WGS84)
Elevation 1050

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
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.18787, -23.1892
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N7W-N6E; ?; N30E
    Dip 63E; ?; 70E
    Length 50M
    Width 0.4M
  • Dip 63E; ?; 70E
    Length 300M
    Width 1.5M
  • Strike N7W-N6E; ?; N30E
    Dip 63E; ?; 70E
    Length 100M
    Width 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Naguayan

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period 1964-66
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14.18%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 14wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 200T OF TAILINGS AT <3%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 32M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT PROSPECTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #22218.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ENAMI, 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN #2 IS 1000M OF VEIN # 1 AND VEIN #3 IS 100M SOUTHWEST OF VEIN #1.

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.

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