Marina

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106984
MRDS ID TC03682
Record type Site
Current site name Marina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.88618, -22.27588 (WGS84)
Elevation 2900
Relative position 50M FROM CONTACT BETWEEN ELENA GRANODIORITE AND CHUQUICAMATA PROPHYRY.

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
Antlerite Ore
Atacamite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Este Granodiorite
    Rock description Este Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.88618, -22.27588

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chuquicamata

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Codelco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 114000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.5HA
    Overall depth 104M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY ASSIMILATED INTO CHUQUICAMATA PIT.

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

    IIG, 1974, INEDITO #789.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1971, #2141.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    IIG, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVERS AREA OF 60M X 60M.

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.