Camar

Occurrence in Chile with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057910
MRDS ID TC03603
Record type Site
Current site name Camar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.94949, -23.36419 (WGS84)
Elevation 3050

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • AREA LIES BETWEEN 23-12-00S & 23-23-00S LATITUDE AND 067-58-00W & 067-56-00W LONGITUDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Casula Formation;
    Rock description Casula Formation;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.94949, -23.36419

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 90
    Length 1100M
    Width 0.7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camar

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ALL GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES NEGATIVE.

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

    RAMIREZ, C. Y GARDEWEG, M., 1982, HOJA TOCONAO, CARTA GEOLOGIA DE CHILE #54: SERNAGEOMIN, SANTIAGO, 117 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 19 OTHER VEINS NEARBY ALL GENERALLY STRIKING ENE.

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.