San Salvador

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Antimony, Silver, Copper
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 10057960
MRDS ID TC03671
Record type Site
Current site name San Salvador
Alternate or previous names El Salvador

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.12952, -22.46087 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.12952, -22.46087

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 20NW
    Length 60M
    Width 0.7M

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 Underground
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 8.23M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER TC41663 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER TC41092 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MARCH, W., 1941, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3461.

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • 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.