Condoriaco

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058175
MRDS ID TC04032
Record type Site
Current site name Condoriaco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.86121, -29.69413 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • DISTRICT ENTRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    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) -70.86121, -29.69413

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E; N20W
    Dip 80NW; 70SW-90
  • Strike N55E; N20W
    Dip 80NW; 70SW-90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Condoriaco

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NORDENSKJOLD, O., 1926, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES EN EL DESIERTO DE ATACAMA: BOL. SONAMI, 38, P. 1039.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.