San Ramon-Merceditas

Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Ore body information
  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 10106992
MRDS ID TC04815
Record type Site
Current site name San Ramon-Merceditas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.64121, -27.40581 (WGS84)
Elevation 200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.64121, -27.40581

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-40W; 0
    Dip 75E-90; 82E
    Length 540M
    Width 2M
  • Strike N30-40W; 0
    Dip 75E-90; 82E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Monardes

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20% Cu (Soluble)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 20wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.