Chiloe Island

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039036
MRDS ID M046558
Record type Site
Current site name Chiloe Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.13956, -42.58765 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE WEST COAST OF THE ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED ON COAST ABOUT MIDWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Olivine Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.13956, -42.58765

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SANDS - BEACH SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 138

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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