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Honorina

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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059527
MRDS ID TC06166
Record type Site
Current site name Honorina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.03424, -27.34887 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.03424, -27.34887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 90; N70W
    Dip 35W; 45W
    Thickness 15M
    Length 40M
  • Strike 90; N70W
    Dip 35W; 45W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Miguel

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.36% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 20M

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

    LITTLE, J., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: THE BRANWELL CO., NEW YORK, P. 98.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SEPARATE ORE BODIES OVER 15M INTERVAL; MINERALIZATION CONCENTRATED IN STEEP SHEAR ZONES AND MORE POROUS ZONES OF ANDESITE.

Reporter information

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

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