Mina Lo Aguirre, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079701
MRDS ID W029794
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Lo Aguirre, Chile
Alternate or previous names La Teatina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.93285, -33.44747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 30 KM W 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
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Digenite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorit, Sericit, Arguillic, Silicfied

Analytical data

Result 2.1 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Veta Negra Formation
    Rock description Lower Veta Negra Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.93285, -33.44747

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S TO NW-SE
    Dip 50-80 DEG E
    Thickness 150M
    Length 600M
    Width 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sociedad Minera Pudahuel Ltda. C. P. A.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAPACITY: 3000 MET TPD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, ZAUSCHQUEVICH, ET AL., 1975, EL COBRE CHILENO, P.415, ED. CORPORACION DEL COBRE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA, DEC., 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Theune, C.T.; Davidson, Claire B. (72 06) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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