Espejuelo

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059314
MRDS ID TC05872
Record type Site
Current site name Espejuelo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.02455, -28.6058 (WGS84)
Elevation 700

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.84% CU
Result 2.1 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.02455, -28.6058

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60SW
    Length 1000M
    Width 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arenillas-Espejuelo

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period Pre 1971
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.1% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 6000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.33 g/mt Gold Major 1979

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

    FUENZALIDA, J., 1913, MONOGRAFIA DE LA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA.

  • Deposit

    SIMIC, D., 1971, ENAMI (INEDITO).

  • 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.