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Olgas

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Mercury
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058410
MRDS ID TC04379
Record type Site
Current site name Olgas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.86453, -24.50918 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result <14% HG
Result 1.6 G/T AG
Result <0.02 G/T AU

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) -69.86453, -24.50918
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N22-40W
    Dip 90
    Length 27M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Estacion Lacalle

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1942, #22212.

  • Deposit

    HOLBERTON, W., 1920, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3044.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

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