Ticnamar

Occurrence in Chile with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057454
MRDS ID TC03000
Record type Site
Current site name Ticnamar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.44954, -18.59097 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • FRUTOS & PINCHEIRA (1986) LOCATION AT 18-36-00S AND 069-24-00W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.44954, -18.59097

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5000M
    Width 3000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEAD SAMPLE AT 18-33-12S AND 069-27-18W: 206/204 - 18.489; 207/204 - 15.615; 208/204 - 38.433

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Precordillera

Comments on development

  • 13 DRILL HOLES (2190M) AND 3500 GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit <20,000T CU

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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