Santuario

Occurrence in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058238
MRDS ID TC04125
Record type Site
Current site name Santuario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.76622, -18.53764 (WGS84)
Elevation 2700

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
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.76622, -18.53764

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M
    Width 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Precordillera

Comments on development

  • GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY REVEALED ANOMALIES OF ALL METALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980 INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS AT MARGINS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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