Gran Corrida

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057697
MRDS ID TC03327
Record type Site
Current site name Gran Corrida
Alternate or previous names Flor Del Desierto, Grupo Deseada-Filomena Includes Atacamena, Elena, Carmen, Deseada,, Amazones, La Flor, Resureccion, and Calamena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.99118, -23.0392 (WGS84)
Elevation 2925

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
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Caracoles Group
    Rock description Caracoles Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.99118, -23.0392

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50-70E; N10W; 0
    Dip 90; 65-75E; 90
    Length 1800M
    Width 4M
  • Strike N50-70E; N10W; 0
    Dip 90; 65-75E; 90
  • Strike N50-70E; N10W; 0
    Dip 90; 65-75E; 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PB - 206/204 = 18.586 207/204 = 15.636 208/204 = 38.564 (ATACAMENA) PB - 206/204 = 18.587 207/204 = 15.631 208/204 = 38.554 (RESURECCION) SULFUR ISOTOPE, GALENA: -12.8 (ATACAMENA)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 36HA
    Overall depth 750M
    Overall length 1645.92M
    Overall width 200M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE; STOPED TO SURFACE (DESEADA)

Comments on development

  • IN 1975, CYPRUS CHILE COLLECTED 1477 SAMPLES IN DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SIZE FOR DESEADA >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.