Rio Baker

Occurrence in Chile with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065675
MRDS ID TC41039
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Baker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.7828, -47.49783 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 29 KM S35W OF COCHRANE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • INVOLVES A LARGE AREA. IN THE REFERENCE, COORDINATES ARE GIVEN FOR THREE LOCATIONS: 47-12-00S AND 072-46-00W; 47-16-30S AND 072-41-18W; 47-48-00S AND 072-49-00W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.7828, -47.49783

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Baker

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ C., PEEBLES F., 1988, GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A., SANTIAGO, CHILE.

  • Deposit

    MAPA GEOLOGICO DE CHILE, HOJA NO. 5, 1:1,000,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES, VEINLETS, LENSES, VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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