Tres Amantes

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104563
MRDS ID TC04043
Record type Site
Current site name Tres Amantes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.33342, -27.70941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2-6 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.33342, -27.70941

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip 30SE
    Length 120M
    Width 25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Along Feldspathic Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bonete

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^30 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 30g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 75M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FLORES, H., 1942, GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE Y ORO DE CHILE: IPIMIGEO 1, 3, P. 1180.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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