Sto.Domingo-San Felipe-Marcelin-Maria Luisa-Casualidad

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104634
MRDS ID TC04467
Record type Site
Current site name Sto.Domingo-San Felipe-Marcelin-Maria Luisa-Casualidad

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.55285, -25.1025 (WGS84)
Elevation 2750

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Argillic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name El Guanaco Formation
    Rock description El Guanaco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.55285, -25.1025

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trneding Ns

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 70-85NW
    Length 900M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Guanaco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 124800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.97 g/mt Gold Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES FOR MARCELINA MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 18HA
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 548.64M
    Overall width 300M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CAMUS, F. Y DUHALDE, M.A., 1982, GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS HIDROTERMALES DE ORO EN CHILE: REV. GEOL. DE CHILE, 17, P. 47-70.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1976, 1978, 1979, #2389.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED TO 80M; ENRICHED TO 130M. FIVE VEINS 30-75M APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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