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Delirio De Punitaqui

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold, Mercury
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079702
MRDS ID W029795
Record type Site
Current site name Delirio De Punitaqui
Alternate or previous names Delirio-Republicana Mine, Delirio, Punitaqui, Los Mantos De Punitaqui

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.25454, -30.87579 (WGS84)
Relative position PUNITAQUI NEAR OVALLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.8 % CU AVERAGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Porfiritica Formation
    Rock description Porfiritica Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.25454, -30.87579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 60 W
    Thickness 25M
    Length 3500M
    Width 350M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Shear Zone Which Dips 60 Deg W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1525
Discoverer Indians, Incas

Mining district

District name Punitaqui Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Delirio De Punitaqui S. A.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AU IS CONTAINED METAL

Comments on the workings information

  • CAPACITY 200 MET TPD

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PLACER DEPOSITS AS DISCOVERED BY INDIANS IN INCA TIMES, ACTIVE PRODUCER IN PERIOD 1933-1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VERY GOOD DESCRIPTION (WITH SEVERAL MAPS) IS GIVEN IN MCALLISTER ET AL., 1959 (SEE REFERENCES). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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