Los Bronces, Chile

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079700
MRDS ID W029793
Record type Site
Current site name Los Bronces, Chile
Alternate or previous names La Disputada De Las Condes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.83285, -32.86414 (WGS84)
Elevation 3460
Relative position ABOUT 30 KM NE FROM SANTIAGO

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
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.38 % CU AVERAGE (MAX. 25 %)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.83285, -32.86414

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rhyodacitic-Porphyry-Dike

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M
    Width 400M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECONDARY ENRICHMENT ONLY A FEW M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Compania Minera Disputada De Las Condes S.A.
Year of first production 1962

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Disputada De Las Condes S. A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Exon

Comments on the production information

  • D1)-D5) IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE AUTHOR MEANS THE DISPUTADA MINE OR THE DISPUTADA COMPANY

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKING METHOD: SUB LEVEL STOPPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, ZAUSCHQUEVICH, ET AL., 1975, EL COBRE CHILENO, ED. CORPORACION DEL COBRE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA, DEC. 1974

  • Production

    D1)-D5) MINERAL TRADE NOTES, 1975, VOL.72, NO.4, APRIL 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COMPANY IS STUDYING THE SOUTH LIMIT (ZONA INFIERNILLOS) OF THIS AREA, THE OREBODY MAY BE BIGGER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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