El Durazno

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059612
MRDS ID TC06273
Record type Site
Current site name El Durazno

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.83286, -31.78913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1910

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2% CU
Result 5-10% PB
Result 2-8% ZN
Result 1-3 G/T AU
Result 30-35 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    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) -70.83286, -31.78913

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E; N30E
    Dip 75NW-90; 70W
    Width 1.6M
  • Strike N55E; N30E
    Dip 75NW-90; 70W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salamanca

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.)

  • Deposit

    BOTTO, E., 1970, ENAMI (INEDITO).

  • Deposit

    KAMONO, H. Y BORIC, R., 1982, INVENTARIO POLIMETALICOS Y ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO TALCUNA: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO.

  • 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.