Chulacao

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057720
MRDS ID TC03356
Record type Site
Current site name Chulacao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.23616, -22.91753 (WGS84)
Elevation 2800

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
Atacamite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name San Pedro Formation
    Rock description San Pedro Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.23616, -22.91753

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 60W
    Length 20M
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Bartolo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.04HA
    Overall depth 25M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT; STOPED TO SURFACE

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

    DINGMAN, R., 1965, CARTA GEOLOGIA DE CHILE #14: IIG, BOLETIN #18.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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