La Piadosa

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Uranium
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104538
MRDS ID TC03879
Record type Site
Current site name La Piadosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.65951, -28.13914 (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
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.3% URANIUM OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Peat
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.65951, -28.13914

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 600M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rio Ramadillos

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C., 1953, INFORME SOBRE EL YACIMIENTO DE URANIO LA PIADOSA EN EL RIO RAMADILLA: INEDITO (CORFO).

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIES HORIZONTAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.