Amolanas

Plant in Atacama, Chile with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230848
MRDS ID W029802
MAS/MILS ID 3370090060
Record type Site
Current site name Amolanas
Related records 10079708

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.03922, -28.04527 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atacama(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Atacama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.03922, -28.04527

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1989
Year of first production 1993
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Copiapo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nunez Hermanos
    Interest 55
    Home office Chile
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minera Cardoen Ltd. (Min Car)
    Interest 45
    Home office Chile
    Year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 7000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7000000mt ore
    Total resources 7000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 7000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7000000mt ore
    Total resources 7000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 2/12/93, P.6, VOL 12, NO.1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/5/93, P.34

  • Deposit

    FINNISH MINING BOOSTS PRESENCE, CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, JULY

  • Deposit

    1990, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, JUNE 1990, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, CHILE: OUTOKUMPU BROADENS

  • Deposit

    HORIZONS, VOL 9, NO. 10, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, TELEGRAM B311001Z, OCTOBER 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 1.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 6/8/90, P.449.

  • Deposit

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 9/90, V 17/ NO. 9, P.6.

  • Deposit

    METALLOGENIC MAP OF CHILE, 1990, P.71 (NO. 22).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-97 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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