Jardin-Magallanes

Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058027
MRDS ID TC03751
Record type Site
Current site name Jardin-Magallanes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.49119, -23.98085 (WGS84)
Elevation 1760

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
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Atacamite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result 200-400 G/T AG, 18-19% PB, 2 G/T AU, 0.5% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Augusta Victoria Formation
    Rock description Augusta Victoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.49119, -23.98085

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25-70W; N25-70W
    Dip 61-66NE; 71-72NE
    Length 1200M
    Width 5M
  • Strike N25-70W; N25-70W
    Dip 61-66NE; 71-72NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PB - 206/204 = 18.684 207/204 = 15.626 208/204 = 38.624 SULFUR ISOTOPE: GALENA = -5.0 SPHALERITE = -2.69 DELTA S, GALENA-SPHALERITE = 2.29 (T = 289-318 DEGC, +/-50DEG C)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magallanes

Comments on the production information

  • MINING TAILINGS AT 40-50T/WEEK DURING 1983 WITH PLANS TO BEGIN WORK NEAR THE OLD SHAFT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 100M
    Overall length 114.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVADONGA AND MAGALLANES VEINS

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.