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Las Cuevas

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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104546
MRDS ID TC03937
Record type Site
Current site name Las Cuevas
Alternate or previous names Adela

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.09286, -32.5608 (WGS84)
Elevation 600

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
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.09286, -32.5608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 45W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cabildo Sur

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1967, #5083.

  • Deposit

    TRUJILLO, P. , 1966, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LAS ZONAS VECINAS A LAS MINAS EL CERRADO, PALQUI, Y LAS CUEVAS, EN LA REGION DE CABILDO: MEMORIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, ESTUDIO DEL SECTOR MINERO DE LA V REGION: SANTIAGO (6 VOLS.).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

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