Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057617
MRDS ID TC03225
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.02113, -22.9667 (WGS84)
Elevation 4675

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Marcasite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Analytical data

Result 12.4-40% SB (9 SAMPLES IN VEIN, 1978)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.02113, -22.9667

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-WNW; ENE
    Dip 55NE-90; 40SE-90
    Length 30M
    Width 0.3M
  • Strike NW-WNW; ENE
    Dip 55NE-90; 40SE-90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevados De Poquis

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1939-40
    Material SB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^32-44%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 38wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 12.75HA
    Overall depth 15M
    Overall length 685.8M
    Overall width 170M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE; STOPED

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT PROSPECTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO. (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1978, INEDITO #1916.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF ELEVEN VEINS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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