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San Carlos

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057486
MRDS ID TC03043
Record type Site
Current site name San Carlos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.05955, -20.38092 (WGS84)
Elevation 950

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) ONLY PROVIDE LATITUDE OF 23-22-00S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2-4% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.05955, -20.38092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E; N15W
    Dip 20W; 90
    Length 360M
    Width 2M
  • Strike N20E; N15W
    Dip 20W; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Huantajaya

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE

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

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

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, A., 1970, CUADRANGULOS IQUIQUE-CALETA MOLLE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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