Cerritos Bayos I

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057778
MRDS ID TC03430
Record type Site
Current site name Cerritos Bayos I

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.15952, -22.62254 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 34.4% PB, 335 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.15952, -22.62254

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N28E; N15W; N10W
    Dip 90; 90; 90
    Length 50M
  • Strike N28E; N15W; N10W
    Dip 90; 90; 90
  • Strike N28E; N15W; N10W
    Dip 90; 90; 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • PB - 206/204 = 18.680 207/204 = 15.654 208/204 = 38.720 SULFUR ISOTOPE, GALENA = -1.3/MIL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sw Calama

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.25HA
    Overall depth 18M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 50M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT PROSPECTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION BEST AT INTERSECTIONS OF VEINLETS WHICH ARE GENERALLY 0.3-0.7M WIDE

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.