Capitana

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057475
MRDS ID TC03029
Record type Site
Current site name Capitana
Alternate or previous names Vichuja, San Francisco, Suntura, San Sebastian, Churicala

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.37121, -18.62264 (WGS84)
Elevation 3560

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • PACCI, ET AL. (1980) LATITUDE AT 18-27-00S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Argillic

Analytical data

Result 1080 G/T AG
Result 2.5% PB
Result 3% CU
Result 3.7% SN
Result 4.7% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lupica Formation
    Rock description Lupica Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.37121, -18.62264

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W-N10E
    Dip 60-80W
    Length 100M
    Width 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Precordillera

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1660 G/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 1660g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20M
    Overall depth 80M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    SALAS Y OTROS, 1966, GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DEL ARICA: BOL. 21, IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

    PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980 INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE VEINLETS CROSS AT 1.5M DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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