La Pepa

Producer in Atacama, Chile with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279758
MAS/MILS ID 3370090053
Record type Site
Current site name La Pepa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.31621, -27.21417 (WGS84)

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
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.31621, -27.21417

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bridger Resources Inc. (Canada)
    Interest 13.6
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sociedan Minera Tizona
    Home office Chile
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Diaguitas S. A.
    Home office Chile
  • Type Owner
    Owner Procinor
    Interest 10
    Home office Uruguay
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 330000mt ore
    Total resources 330000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN '93,P.30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-1994 Mark, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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