Blanca San Juan

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Cobalt, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058157
MRDS ID TC04007
Record type Site
Current site name Blanca San Juan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.20288, -28.6858 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.20288, -28.6858

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0-SW; N30E
    Dip 55W; NW
  • Strike 0-SW; N30E
    Dip 55W; NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blanca, San Juan

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HORNKOHL, H., 1942, EL COBALTO EN CHILE: IPIMIGEO 1, 4, P. 1610.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.