Campanani

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057467
MRDS ID TC03019
Record type Site
Current site name Campanani

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.70122, -18.30765 (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 AT18-19-00S AND 069-42-24W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Turquoise Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.70122, -18.30765

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, CYLINDRICAL, CHIMNEY
    Strike N15E; N25W
    Dip 85SE
    Length 100M
    Width 0.1M
  • General form IRREGULAR, CYLINDRICAL, CHIMNEY
    Dip 85SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Precordillera

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RUIZ FULLER STATED IN 1965: 20,000 MET. TONS COPPER CONTENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 40M
    Overall depth 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Comments on development

  • 4 EXPLORATORY HOLES FROM 50M TO 192M PROVED NEGATIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SALAS, R., KAST, R., MONTECINOS, F., Y SALAS, I., 1966, GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DEL ARICA: BOL. 21, IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, ED. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA IS 100M IN DIAMETER
Deposit RECORD W029851 BY C.T. THEUME HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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