Sudamerica

Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  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 10057693
MRDS ID TC03323
Record type Site
Current site name Sudamerica

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.00118, -23.05586 (WGS84)
Elevation 2850

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.00118, -23.05586

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15-20W
    Dip 70-90W
    Length 200M
    Width 7M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Which Separates Limestone From Tonalite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFUR ISOTOPE, GALENA = +16.8/MIL PB - 206/204 = 18.592 207/204 = 15.636 208/204 = 38.575

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pirquineros
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Flomax

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 19,500T OF TAILINGS AT 1000 G/T AG (1935)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED <500T SILVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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