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Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058460
MRDS ID TC04440
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.53452, -24.93917 (WGS84)
Elevation 2680

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result GENERALLY 700 G/T AG (KUNTZ, 1928).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.53452, -24.93917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 65W
    Length 15M
    Width 2M

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 Cachinal De La Sierra

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.003HA
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1973, #2431.

  • 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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