Camilo Henriquez

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058380
MRDS ID TC04333
Record type Site
Current site name Camilo Henriquez

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.51122, -24.26918 (WGS84)
Elevation 600

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result <1.5% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.51122, -24.26918

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LLENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N75E; N15E; N45W
    Dip 45W; 55W; 90; 68E
    Length 150M
    Width 10M
  • General form LLENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N75E; N15E; N45W
    Dip 45W; 55W; 90; 68E
  • General form LLENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N75E; N15E; N45W
    Dip 45W; 55W; 90; 68E
  • General form LLENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N75E; N15E; N45W
    Dip 45W; 55W; 90; 68E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caleta El Cobre

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS OVER AN AREA OF 1.5 SQ KM.

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, 1966, #22312.

  • 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.