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Llampera

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059480
MRDS ID TC06104
Record type Site
Current site name Llampera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.51954, -25.68416 (WGS84)
Elevation 560

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Pan De Azucar Formation
    Rock description Pan De Azucar Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.51954, -25.68416
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N40W; N65E; 90; N80W
    Dip 60E; 35E; 35S; 40E; 35E
    Length 1000M
    Width 1M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N40W; N65E; 90; N80W
    Dip 60E; 35E; 35S; 40E; 35E
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N40W; N65E; 90; N80W
    Dip 60E; 35E; 35S; 40E; 35E
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N40W; N65E; 90; N80W
    Dip 60E; 35E; 35S; 40E; 35E
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W; N40W; N65E; 90; N80W
    Dip 60E; 35E; 35S; 40E; 35E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mantos De Agua

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.2HA
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1974, #1935.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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