California

Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110070
MRDS ID TC06897
Record type Site
Current site name California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.92454, -28.85025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1050

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 5 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.92454, -28.85025

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W; N50W
    Dip SW; 65-85SW
    Length 350M
    Width 0.8M
  • Strike N70W; N50W
    Dip SW; 65-85SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Pingo

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT EXHAUSTED

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.).

  • Deposit

    FLORES, H., RUIZ, C., Y SCWARZ, C., 1945, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA ZONA MINERA DE DOMEYKO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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