Chunar Sur

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  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 10058013
MRDS ID TC03733
Record type Site
Current site name Chunar Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.00116, -23.66919 (WGS84)
Elevation 2930

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
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 115 G/T AG, 4.82% PB, 2.37% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Cas Formation
    Rock description Cas Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.00116, -23.66919

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding - Ene, Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 67E
    Length 100M
    Width 1.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Peine

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.02HA
    Overall depth 4M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

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 DE CHILE #54, SERNAGEOMIN.

  • 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.