Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058382
MRDS ID TC04336
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.48288, -24.28918 (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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Negra Formation
    Rock description La Negra Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    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) -70.48288, -24.28918

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E; N55W; N30W; N10E; N65E; N75E
    Dip 30N; 90; 50NE; 70W; 65-70N; 30N
    Length 40M
    Width 2M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E; N55W; N30W; N10E; N65E; N75E
    Dip 30N; 90; 50NE; 70W; 65-70N; 30N
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E; N55W; N30W; N10E; N65E; N75E
    Dip 30N; 90; 50NE; 70W; 65-70N; 30N
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E; N55W; N30W; N10E; N65E; N75E
    Dip 30N; 90; 50NE; 70W; 65-70N; 30N
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E; N55W; N30W; N10E; N65E; N75E
    Dip 30N; 90; 50NE; 70W; 65-70N; 30N
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E; N55W; N30W; N10E; N65E; N75E
    Dip 30N; 90; 50NE; 70W; 65-70N; 30N

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1M
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROSPECTIVE

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRENDS N75E, 30N; OTHER ORIENTATIONS ARE FRACTURES. ANOTHER VEIN IN THE AREA IS 12M X 1M X 10M AND CONTAINS 2.5-13 G/T AU.

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.