Los Azulinos

Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059736
MRDS ID TC06434
Record type Site
Current site name Los Azulinos
Alternate or previous names Rosario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.04536, -26.97387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chanarcillo Group
    Rock description Chanarcillo Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.04536, -26.97387

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W-N30E
    Dip 75N
    Length 500M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro La Vinchuca

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^250 G/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 250g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    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.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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