1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Amalia

Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059947
MRDS ID TC06728
Record type Site
Current site name Amalia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.96619, -26.82998 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Biotite-Alkalai Feldspar Overprinted By Chlorite-Clay-Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.96619, -26.82998
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 75E
    Length 70M
    Width 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORTE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Inca De Oro

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.1 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 41g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 70M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NS-TRENDING FAULT SEPARATES VEIN FROM MANTO; MANTO 50M BELOW SURFACE AND IS 3M THICK CARRYING 9 G/T AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site