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San Armando

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057738
MRDS ID TC03379
Record type Site
Current site name San Armando
Alternate or previous names Elba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.34119, -22.83587 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 1KM N10W OF CATALINA MINE

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
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 60
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Plagioclase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 60
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Plagioclase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.34119, -22.83587
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5W; N60W; N35E
    Dip 85W; 60SW; 54NW
  • Strike N5W; N60W; N35E
    Dip 85W; 60SW; 54NW
  • Strike N5W; N60W; N35E
    Dip 85W; 60SW; 54NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Gorda

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEE CATALINA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.3HA
    Overall depth 40M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    KNOWLES, P., ET AL., 1964, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE: IIG, BOLETIN #18.

  • Deposit

    MAKSAEV, V., BORIC, R., ZENTILLI, M., AND REYNOLDS, P., 1988, SIGNIFICADOS METALOGENICO DE DATACIONES K-AR, 40AR-39AR, Y TRAZAS DE FISION DE ZONAS MINERALIZADAS EN EL NORTE GRANDE DE CHILE: V CONGRESO GEOLOGICO CHILENO, P. B65-B86.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY PART OF MINERALIZED SYSTEM AT CATALINA MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 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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