Veta Negra

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059589
MRDS ID TC06241
Record type Site
Current site name Veta Negra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.1787, -27.57247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.1787, -27.57247

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N86E
    Dip 60-70N
    Length 1000M
    Width 3M

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 100M

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

    PARKER, ET AL., , IIG (INEDITO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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