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Santa Fe

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Silver
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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 10058363
MRDS ID TC04300
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Fe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.5962, -24.09751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1680

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.5962, -24.09751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-50W; N50W; N60W
    Dip 75SE-90; 75SW; 60SW
    Length 250M
    Width 2M
  • Strike N40-50W; N50W; N60W
    Dip 75SE-90; 75SW; 60SW
  • Strike N40-50W; N50W; N60W
    Dip 75SE-90; 75SW; 60SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Trapecio

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 228.6M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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