San Pedro

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058421
MRDS ID TC04396
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.48122, -24.85084 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 3.2 G/T AU
Result 4.4 G/T AG
Result 190 G/T PB
Result 0.2% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.48122, -24.85084

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Atacama Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N35-40W
    Dip 50NE
    Length 40M
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (N15e)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paranao

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 40M
    Overall length 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1975, #1559.

  • 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.