Rosa Amelia

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. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058982
MRDS ID TC05416
Record type Site
Current site name Rosa Amelia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.19677, -28.69414 (WGS84)
Elevation 950

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 Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.1333-0.876% CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.19677, -28.69414

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 50-65W
    Length 500M
    Width 0.7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cobaltera

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 5300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Cobalt Co 0.43 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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