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Mirador Norte

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10057980
MRDS ID TC03692
Record type Site
Current site name Mirador Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.92176, -22.07533 (WGS84)
Elevation 1580

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
Chalcanthite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

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) -69.92176, -22.07533
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N20-38W
    Dip 78E-90
    Length 65M
    Width 0.25M
    Depth to bottom 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Los Colorados

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall depth 12M
    Overall length 59.44M
    Overall width 5M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAKSAEV, V. Y VALDEBENITO, E., 1979, GEOLOGIA ECONOMIA Y PROSPECCION GEOCHIMICA: PROYECTO CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA TOCOPILLA-RIO LOA, ANTOFAGASTA, 50 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

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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