La Estaca

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. 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 10059236
MRDS ID TC05760
Record type Site
Current site name La Estaca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.57037, -27.04331 (WGS84)
Elevation 950

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
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 25% CU (SOLUBLE)
Result 4 /GT AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.57037, -27.04331

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 90
    Dip 60W
    Length 200M
    Width 0.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Roble

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 200M

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.).

  • Deposit

    SALAS, A., 1939, INFORME DEL ESTUDIO RADIOMETRICO DEL DISTRITO ALGARROBO Y EL ROBLE: INEDITO (CORFO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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