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Flor Del Desierto

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, Copper
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057665
MRDS ID TC03290
Record type Site
Current site name Flor Del Desierto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.6112, -23.32753 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.6112, -23.32753
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 5M
    Overall depth 4M
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 1M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION PIT ALONG OLD TRAIL FROM LOMAS BAYAS TO COAST.

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

    WILLIAMS W.C.., 1990, FIELD NOTES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 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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