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Claras 2, 3, & 4

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. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057871
MRDS ID TC03549
Record type Site
Current site name Claras 2, 3, & 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.20954, -23.18086 (WGS84)
Elevation 1150

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.20954, -23.18086
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W; N10-20E; N12-42E
    Dip 52N; 58E; 50E
    Length 150M
    Width 1.5M
  • Strike N65W; N10-20E; N12-42E
    Dip 52N; 58E; 50E
    Length 15M
    Width 0.3M
  • Strike N65W; N10-20E; N12-42E
    Dip 52N; 58E; 50E
    Length 500M
    Width 0.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Naguayan

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period 1965-66
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^13.4%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 13wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1000T OF TAILINGS AT 1-1.5%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE; 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, (12VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #22218.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ENAMI, 1966.

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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