Tres Perlas Norte and Tres Perlas Sur

Past 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064987
MRDS ID TC39951
Record type Site
Current site name Tres Perlas Norte and Tres Perlas Sur
Alternate or previous names Tres Perlas Manto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.09954, -30.2269 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 400 KM NNE OF SANTIAGO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF ANDACOLLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Upper Part Of Andacollo Member Of Quebrada Marquesa Formation
    Rock description Upper Part Of Andacollo Member Of Quebrada Marquesa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.09954, -30.2269

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, MANTOS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Andacollo

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) MANTO ORE; ORE (2) SUBVERTICAL LENSES.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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