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Crimea

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057824
MRDS ID TC03484
Record type Site
Current site name Crimea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.22122, -22.42588 (WGS84)
Elevation 400

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
Atacamite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.22122, -22.42588
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures At N43w, 85sw-90

Ore body information

  • Strike N33W
    Dip 70-80SW
    Length 200M
    Width 1M
    Depth to bottom 125M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guanillos

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 8600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.365HA
    Overall depth 123M
    Overall length 178.31M
    Overall width 70M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE; STOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1919 & 1975, #2004.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED TO 40M; SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT TO 88M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 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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