Unidentified Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104454
MRDS ID TC03445
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.8634, -22.55421 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.7% CU, 0.02 G/T AU, <0.1 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Chronological age 305
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Chronological age 305
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.8634, -22.55421

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 80M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moctezuma

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.016HA
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 73.15M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINES; STOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.)

  • 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.