Japonesita

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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058001
MRDS ID TC03714
Record type Site
Current site name Japonesita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.44455, -23.74585 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

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
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Caleta Coloso
    Rock description Caleta Coloso
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.44455, -23.74585

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding - 90, 30s

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike 90
    Dip 30S
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 40M
    Width 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Way

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.39%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1967

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 36.58M

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, 1967, #22312.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ENAMI, 1967.

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.