Alacran

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Arsenic, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059101
MRDS ID TC05570
Record type Site
Current site name Alacran
Related records 10231111

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.16953, -27.64886 (WGS84)
Elevation 950

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenic Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.16953, -27.64886

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pampa Larga

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    CLARK, A., 1970, IIG (INEDITO).

  • Deposit

    PEEBLES, F., 1972, IIG (INEDITO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 21-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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