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Esperanza

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107025
MRDS ID TC06744
Record type Site
Current site name Esperanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.82732, -28.84747 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.82732, -28.84747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 12-20W
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 800M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Churqui

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VILLAGRAN, J., 1971, GEOLOGIA DE LA SERRANIA EL CHURQUI Y ESTUDIO DE SUS DEPOSITOS CUPRIFEROS: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERLAIZATION IN BRECCIAS AT THE BASE OF A VOLCANOCLASTIC SEQUENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 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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