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Ivan Mine

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057668
MRDS ID TC03294
Record type Site
Current site name Ivan Mine
Alternate or previous names Deposits: Ivan, El Zar, Emperatriz
Related records 10207252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.10787, -23.2142 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 40 KM NE OF ANTOFAGASTA. LOCATED NORTHEAST OF REBECA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Negra Volcanic Sequence;
    Rock description La Negra Volcanic Sequence;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.10787, -23.2142
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1989
Discoverer Compania Minera Rayrock
Year of first production 1994

Mining district

District name Naguayan

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Rayrock
    First year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • CURRENT PLANS ARE FOR A HEAP-LEACH PLANT TO PROCESS 420,000T/YR FOR AN OUTPUT OF 9,000T/YR OF CATHODE COPPER; CONCENTRATOR FOR SULFIDE ORES TO BE BUILT IN THE THIRD YEAR OF PROJECT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 4750000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 311800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF RESERVES ARE SULFIDE ORE. ORE 1994 IS MINEABLE RESERVE.
  • IVAN DEPOSIT: ORE (1) OPEN-PIT RESERVES OF OXIDE ORE; ORE (2) UNDERGROUND RESERVES OF SULFIDE ORE; ORE (3) UNDERGROUND RESERVES OF OXIDE ORE; ORE (4) ZAR; ORE (5) EMPERATRIZ; ORE FOR OPEN PIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLOITATION TE BEGIN WITH UNDERGROUND MINING WITH OPEN-PIT MINING DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE PROJECT. ZAR AND EMPERATRIZ DEPOSITS TO BE MINED BY ONLY OPEN-PIT.

Comments on development

  • DEV$: 16 ; MILL$: 19.5 ; ECON.YEAR: 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERIA CHILENA, 1989, PROYECTOS MINEROS EN CHILE, REGIONES I & II, P.73.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1991 (22 MAR), P. 216.

  • Deposit

    DAWSON, STEVEN, 1994, IVAN MINE OPERATING IN CHILE: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, V. 80., NO. 30, P. 1-2.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, M.L., EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, OCT. '93, P. 15.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, 1991

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 1991. DAWNSON (1994).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN STEEPLY DIPPING FAULT BRECCIAS AND MANTOS; BOTH HIGH-GRADE CU SULFIDES AND COPPER OXIDE CAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-90 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-AUG-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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