Quebrada Pinchal

Occurrence 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. 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 10057613
MRDS ID TC03220
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Pinchal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.78784, -21.40256 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Sericitic, Argillic, Propylitic Over 5 Sq Km Area

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.78784, -21.40256

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Aromo-Guacazul

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1976-77, REPORT ON GEOLOICAL SURVEY OF QUEBRADA BLANCA-EL ABRA AREA, NORTHERN , CHILE, PHASES I & II.

  • Deposit

    RAMIREZ, C. Y HEUTE, C., 1981, CARTA GEOLOGICA DE CHILE #40.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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