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San Luis

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057887
MRDS ID TC03572
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.97951, -23.07586 (WGS84)
Elevation 2840

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Caracoles Group
    Rock description Caracoles Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.97951, -23.07586
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW; N20E; N5W
    Dip 90; 90; 90
    Length 300M
    Width 1M
  • Strike NNW; N20E; N5W
    Dip 90; 90; 90
  • Strike NNW; N20E; N5W
    Dip 90; 90; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1000T OF TAILINGS AT 45 G/T AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 100HA
    Overall depth 7M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 1000M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, PIT; STOPED TO SURFACE

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

    PALACIOS, C., 1975, GEOLOGIA ECONOMIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS CERROS DE CARACOLES, PAMPA ELVIRA, CERRO JASPEADA, Y SIERRA MARIPOSAS: IN PROYECTO DOMEYKO, UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, ANTOFAGASTA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

Reporter information

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

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

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