Ema Luisa

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold
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 10104516
MRDS ID TC03774
Record type Site
Current site name Ema Luisa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.19621, -25.45417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1450

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5% CU
Result 3 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.19621, -25.45417

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-75W; 90
    Dip 80NE-90; 70S
    Length 100M
    Width 3M
  • Strike N30-75W; 90
    Dip 80NE-90; 70S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Canchas

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 70M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT EXHAUSTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1962, INEDITO # 1634.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1935, #2328.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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