Marte

Plant in Atacama, Chile with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182170
MRDS ID TC03763
MAS/MILS ID 3370090051
Record type Site
Current site name Marte
Related records 10058037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.0328, -27.16417 (WGS84)
Elevation 4250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atacama(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Atacama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.0328, -27.16417

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo American Corp. Of South Africa, Ltd.
    Interest 54.3
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minera Cominco Resources Chile Ltda.
    Interest 25.7
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Inversiones Selecta S. A. (Chemical Bank)
    Interest 20
    Home office New York
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 70000000mt ore
    Total resources 70000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.6 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN '93,P.30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-1994 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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