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San Federico-Santa Rosa

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Copper
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104444
MRDS ID TC03373
Record type Site
Current site name San Federico-Santa Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.32035, -22.84865 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730

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
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result <1% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.32035, -22.84865
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W; N50W
    Dip 90; 90
    Length 500M
    Width 1M
  • Strike N60W; N50W
    Dip 90; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Gorda

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Flomax
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Dona Ada

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 40M
    Overall width 3M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCTION CEASED IN FEBRUARY 1990.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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

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