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Caturra Sur

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058322
MRDS ID TC04224
Record type Site
Current site name Caturra Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.04955, -20.81425 (WGS84)
Elevation 748

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
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.04955, -20.81425
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 20-30SE
    Length 250M
    Width 8M
    Depth to bottom 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar Grande

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2M

Comments on development

  • 189 DRILL HOLES (900M) ; ECON.COM: HIGH CONSUMPTION OF ACID

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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