Lana Y Corina

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10058122
MRDS ID TC03912
Record type Site
Current site name Lana Y Corina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.12621, -31.12579 (WGS84)
Elevation 850

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.12621, -31.12579

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CYLINDRICAL
    Strike N45W
    Dip 65

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name El Sanco

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    MUNOZ, E., 1958, INFORME SOBRE LAS EXPECTIVAS MINERAS DEL DPTO. DE COMBARBALA: INEDITO (CACREMI).

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1973, #54673.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 900 SQ M AT SURFACE AND 530 SQ M AT DEPTH & 1200 SQ M AT SURFACE AND 1806 SQ M AT DEPTH

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.