Llamuco

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104701
MRDS ID TC05031
Record type Site
Current site name Llamuco
Alternate or previous names Castaneda De Llamuco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.77258, -31.68524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 7%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.77258, -31.68524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra De Llamuco

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.73% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.)

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MCALLISTER, J. AND RUIZ, C., 1945, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NORTH CENTRAL CHILE: USGS BULL. 960, P. 94-97.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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