San Oscar

Past Producer in Chile with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057542
MRDS ID TC03117
Record type Site
Current site name San Oscar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.91622, -20.08093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250

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 20-05-12S AND 069-55-18W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.91622, -20.08093

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0; 0
    Dip 40E; 50W
    Length 300M
    Width 1.5M
  • Strike 0; 0
    Dip 40E; 50W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Huara

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5.8% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 22wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.3% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^15% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 15wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^19% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 19wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY INLCUDES PRODUCTION FROM REGINA.

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

    MORTIMER, C., SARIC, N., AND CACERES, R., 1971, APUNTES SOBRE MINAS EN LA REGION COSTERA DE TARAPACA: INEDITO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.