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Lautauro Cu Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107270
MRDS ID W001543
Record type Site
Current site name Lautauro Cu Mine
Alternate or previous names Tranque Lautaro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.3562, -27.22581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.3562, -27.22581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Nacional De Mineria (Enami)

Comments on the production information

  • EST. BY GOUDARZI 3/73 BASED ON 1.0% CU ORE TO YIELD 3600 TONS COPPER METAL. ORE GRADE PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE BASED ON 10 YEARS RESERVES AT ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 400,000 TONS TO YIELD 3,600 TONS COPPER FROM 1.0% CU ORE
  • ESTIMATED BY GUS GOUDARZI 3/73 TO HAVE POTENTIAL RESOURCES EQUAL TO ESTIMATED RESERVES BASED ON $85 MIL. INVESTMENT OF ENAMI FOR PLANT EXPANSIONS ON ALL PROPERTIES
  • EST. PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING $85 MIL. INVESTMENT BY (ENAMI) ON PLANT EXPANSIONS ON ALL PROPERTIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, 1969, JUNE, P. 258.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, ALEXANDER, 1969, CHILE'S SMALL COPPER MINES EXPAND: WORLD MINING, V. 5, NO. 4, P. 50-55.

  • Production

    MIN. JOUR. 1969, REF.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ESTIMATED BY GOUDARZI 3/73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Davidson, Claire B. U.S. Geological Survey

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