Los Loros

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058111
MRDS ID TC03894
Record type Site
Current site name Los Loros

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.09121, -29.73913 (WGS84)
Elevation 750

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Potassic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.09121, -29.73913

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Gracia

Comments on development

  • 6 DRILL HOLES, IP SURVEY, AND 349 GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COVERS AN AREA OF 1480 HECTARES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.