Amolanas

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079708
MRDS ID W029802
Record type Site
Current site name Amolanas
Related records 10230848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.03091, -28.0558 (WGS84)
Elevation 220

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Hornitos Formation
    Rock description Hornitos Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.03091, -28.0558

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 35-50W
    Length 100M
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amolanas

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu
    Interest 60

Comments on the production information

  • EXPECTED TO BEGIN PRODUCTION IN 1993 AT A RATE OF 15,000T/YEAR OF FINE COPPER.
  • D1)-D4) ORE QUALITIES:BLAST FURNACE ORE, RUN-OF-MINE, FINES, OPEN HEARTH ORE; QUANTITIES: SHIPED ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RUIZ FULLER STATED IN 1965: 20,000 MET. TONS COPPER CONTENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • (1977) ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE: 2,426,336 MET TPY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    CORTES, J., 1942, EL YACIMIENTO DE COBRE DE AMOLANAS EN COPIAPO: IPIMIGEO 1, 3, P. 1139.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., 1959, CUADRANGULO LOS LOROS, PROVINCIA ATACAMA: CARTA GEOLOGICA # 1, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, ED. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A.

  • Deposit

    CORTES, JUAN, 1942, EL YACIMIENTO DE COBRE DE AMOLANAS EN COPIEPO: IPIMIGEO NO. 1, VOL. 3, P. 1139.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, 1959, CUADRANGULO LOS LOROS, PROV. ATACAMA: INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS, VOL. 1, NO. 1, P. 27.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 MAYOR AND SEVERAL MINOR ORE-BODIES IN AN AREA ABOUT 1500 M BY 200 TO 600 M

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

Beyond USGS

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