Alicia

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. 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058369
MRDS ID TC04312
Record type Site
Current site name Alicia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.23119, -24.18251 (WGS84)
Elevation 2550

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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS SAMPLE: 215 G/T AG
Result 22.5% PB
Result 0.1% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.23119, -24.18251

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E; N85E
    Dip 20SE; 25SE
    Length 70M
    Width 0.5M
  • Strike N40E; N85E
    Dip 20SE; 25SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chimborazo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M

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

    IIG, 1976, #1799.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 50M APART

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.