Cerro Lunar

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, 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 10104552
MRDS ID TC03964
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Lunar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.34953, -27.22804 (WGS84)
Elevation 840

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.34953, -27.22804

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 75SW
    Length 500M
    Width 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Lunar

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 500M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C.Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K. Y OTROS, 1960, CUADRANGULO CHAMONATE, PROVINCIA ATACAMA: CARTA GEOLOGICA #5, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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