La Planada

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057572
MRDS ID TC03162
Record type Site
Current site name La Planada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.08286, -20.17259 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500

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) REPORT LOCATION AT 20-10-00S AND 069-04-30W. RUIZ & PEEBLES (1988) REPORT LONGITUDE AT 069-10-00W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline 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) -69.08286, -20.17259

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2500M
    Width 800M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yabricoya

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^24.6% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 25wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^26.5% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 27wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^19.2%

Comments on the production information

  • 15,000T OF TAILINGS AT 4% CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on development

  • 6 DRILL HOLES (850M) BUT ENRICHED ZONE NOT PENETRATED.

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

    THOMAS, A., 1961, INFORME GEOLOGICO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DEL GRUPO MINERO LA PLANADA: INEDITO, IIG.

  • 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

    THOMAS, A., 1967, CUADRANGULO MAMINA.

  • 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.