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Jarosita

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057950
MRDS ID TC03660
Record type Site
Current site name Jarosita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.93951, -22.22088 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE - 11 G/T AG, <0.02 G/T AU SAMPLE WITH PYRITE - 74 G/T AG, 0.02 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fortuna Granodiorite
    Rock description Fortuna Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.93951, -22.22088
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N62W
    Dip 58NE
    Length 150M
    Width 0.4M

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 0.03HA
    Overall depth 100M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE, ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT NEARLY EXHAUSTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.)

  • 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.

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