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Elenita

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057899
MRDS ID TC03587
Record type Site
Current site name Elenita
Alternate or previous names Mina Elenita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.26955, -23.31586 (WGS84)
Elevation 900

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
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Negra Formation
    Rock description La Negra Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.26955, -23.31586
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults At 90, 35s And North-South. Bedding - N35-40e, 35nw.

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET-LIKE
    Strike N80W-90
    Dip 30-35S
    Length 40M
    Width 7M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZEOLITE METAMORPHISM; THIN BEDDED FLOWS DIPPING 45 DEGREES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Morado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Princeton Mining )
    First year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCES 750 MT OF ORE PER MONTH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.04HA
    Overall depth 12M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE; STOPED TO SURFACE

Comments on development

  • 8000 M OF 15000 M DRILLING PROGRAM COMPLETED. SELECTED ARRAYS: 2.25% CU OVER 9 M, 1.33% CU OVER 15 M, 1.26% CU OVER 2 M.

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

    ENAMI, 1961, #22235.

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1995, PRINCETON DRILLING ELENITA COPPER PROJECT IN CHILE: THE NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 23, 1995, V. 80, NO. 47, P. 20.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANON. (1995).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED; OXIDE TYPE COPPER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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