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Pampena

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104483
MRDS ID TC03594
Record type Site
Current site name Pampena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.23954, -23.27586 (WGS84)
Elevation 1150

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Negra Formation
    Rock description La Negra Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.23954, -23.27586
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W; N50W; N50W
    Dip 70NE; 60NE; 55NE
    Length 70M
    Width 6M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W; N50W; N50W
    Dip 70NE; 60NE; 55NE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W; N50W; N50W
    Dip 70NE; 60NE; 55NE

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 El Desesperado

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LENS AT 47M IS 10M X 6M X 4M (800T).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.21HA
    Overall depth 70M
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, INCLINE

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, 1962, #22246.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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