Galenosa

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  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 10057600
MRDS ID TC03201
Record type Site
Current site name Galenosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.80787, -21.97256 (WGS84)
Elevation 1630

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 185 G/T AG
Result 2.46% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name El Toco Formation
    Rock description El Toco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.80787, -21.97256

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold Axes Trend Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N5E-N5W
    Dip 75-78W
    Length 150M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 500M WEST OF CONTACT WITH DACITE PORPHYRY. LEAD DATA - 206/204 = 18.510; 207/204 = 15.618; 208/204 = 38.499. SULFUR ISOTOPE, GALENA = +0.3

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Puntillas

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 186 g/mt Silver Major 1979
    Lead Pb 2.46 wt-pct Lead Major 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.15HA
    Overall depth 40M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN DISPLACED DEXTRALLY BY THREE METERS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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