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Guacolde Norte & Sur

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104473
MRDS ID TC03557
Record type Site
Current site name Guacolde Norte & Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.20954, -23.2042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Kaolinitic

Analytical data

Result 2.60-9.75% CU, 47-56.4% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.20954, -23.2042
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0; N15W
    Dip 32-70E; 47NE
    Length 150M
    Width 0.2M
  • Strike 0; N15W
    Dip 32-70E; 47NE
    Length 15M
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Naguayan

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 40T OF TAILINGS AT 2-3%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROSPECTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #22218.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENAMI, 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 700M APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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

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