| Deposit ID | 10058039 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC03765 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Refugio |
| Alternate or previous names | Guanaco Hill, Pancho Hill, Verde Hill |
| Related records | 10206791 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -69.26617, -27.3758 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 60KM SOUTH OF LA COIPA; 30KM SOUTHWEST OF MARTE & LOBO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chile(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Chile |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | DRILL-HOLE DATA RANGE FROM 0.021 G/T AU TO 0.137 G/T AU DOWN TO 60M. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -69.26617, -27.3758 |
|---|
| Thickness | 125M |
|---|---|
| Length | 1190M |
| Width | 245M |
| Depth to bottom | 200M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Maricunga |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minera Bema Gold Chile Limitada (50%) |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | VERDE DEPOSIT | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 105000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 200000000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 92517000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC03765 |
BEMA GOLD CORPORATION, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT.
MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P. 46.
MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (AUGUST), P. 88.
ANON, 1994, REFUGIO FUNDING FINALLY IN HAND: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 24, AUGUST 15, 1994, P. 1.
CIMRI
BEMA GOLD CORP. (1989); ANON (1994).
BEMA GOLD CORP. (1989), VILA AND SILLITOE (1991); ANON. (1994).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ABOVE DIMENSIONS FOR VERDE DEPOSIT; OXIDE ZONE AT SURFACE AND GENERALLY 100M DEEP; DRILL HOLES STILL IN ORE IN THE SULFIDE ZONE AT 274M. PANCHO DEPOSIT, 500M TO NW, IS 730M X 460M. FUTURE DRILLING WILL DISCERN WHETHER DEPOSITS ARE CONNECTED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1990 | Williams, William C. | University of Arizona | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1994 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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