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Cielo

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059311
MRDS ID TC05867
Record type Site
Current site name Cielo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.89815, -28.29219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS (1938): 5.99 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Bandurrias Formation
    Rock description Bandurrias Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    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) -70.89815, -28.29219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-50W
    Dip 45-70SW
    Length 550M
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Astillas

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 35g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M

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

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

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