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Catalina -Santiaguina

Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106980
MRDS ID TC03374
Record type Site
Current site name Catalina -Santiaguina
Alternate or previous names Catalina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.34285, -22.84587 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antlerite Ore
Atacamite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Argillic, Propylitic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result 1.76% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.34285, -22.84587
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Proximal To Transcurrent Antofagasta-Calama Fault Which Trends Northeast.

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E; N30E
    Dip 50SE; 90
    Length 1500M
    Width 300M
  • Strike N50E; N30E
    Dip 50SE; 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNECONOMIC TOURMALINE BRECCIAS NORTH OF CURRENT OPERATIONS. OTHER ROCK TYPES IN AREA INCLUDE CRETACEOUS ANDESITE AND PALEOCENE GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Gorda

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Sociedad Azul

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 30000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.78 wt-pct Copper Major 1970
    Molybdenum Mo 0.117 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RUIZ FULLER STATED IN 1965: 20,000 MET. TONS COPPER CONTENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 125M
    Overall length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT CURRENTLY EXPLOITED WITH OPEN PIT OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • FROM 1968-70, CIMA MINES DRILLED 134 HOLES TO 33M AND DEFINED AN AREA OF 6.5KM X 4.5KM WITH 30,000,000ST OF 0.78% CU AND 0.117% MO (& 0.08-3.4% URANINITE); GEOCHEMISTRY - 500-1000PPM CU; AREA ALSO INCLUDES SALVADORA, PODEROSA, MILLONARIA, SAN ARMANDO, AND ANGELINA MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SERMINAS, 1974, INVENTARIO Y EVALUACION DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: MINISTERIO MINERIA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    MAKSAEV, V., BORIC, R., ZENTILLI, M., AND REYNOLDS, P., 1988, SIGNIFICADOS METALOGENICO DE DATACIONES K-AR, 40AR-39AR, Y TRAZAS DE FISION DE ZONAS MINERALIZADAS EN EL NORTE GRANDE DE CHILE: V CONGRESO GEOLOGICO CHILENO, P. B65-B86.

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, ED. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A.

  • Deposit

    SERRANO, MARIO, 1962, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PART OF THE SIERRA GORDA DISTRICT, PROV. OF ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-4570.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KUNTZ, J., 1928.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ECONOMIC MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURES FORMING A SEMI-VERTICAL LENS WHICH INCREASES IN SIZE WITH DEPTH. OXIDIZED TO 40M; SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT TO 220M.
Deposit RECORD W029861 BY C.T. THEUNE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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