Calamena

Past 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057842
MRDS ID TC03509
Record type Site
Current site name Calamena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.99119, -22.22922 (WGS84)
Elevation 2940

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE, 1938

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Barite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 133-492 G/T AG, 0.028-1.14 G/T AU, 8.5% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Complejo Pajonal-Los Pilos
    Rock description Complejo Pajonal-Los Pilos
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.99119, -22.22922

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip SE
    Length 50M
    Width 0.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Inca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 0.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, STOPED

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

    KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI, SANTIAGO, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    WEISSEMBORN, A., 1938, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN 4390.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.