Unidentified Mine

Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110057
MRDS ID TC04305
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.48455, -24.13752 (WGS84)
Elevation 800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.7-3.5 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.48455, -24.13752

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 70N
    Length 30M
    Width 0.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Salada

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 20M

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

    MAGMA-SERPLAC, 1978, PROYECTO DE ORO SUR DE ANTOFAGASTA, II REGION.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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