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Santa Rosa

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059851
MRDS ID TC06599
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.13286, -27.58358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 180 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.13286, -27.58358
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 90
    Dip 65S
    Length 1500M
    Width 0.8M

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^170 G/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 170g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 300M

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, R. Y OTROS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECOS DE COBRE, PAMPA LARGA, Y CABEZA DE VACA, PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA: BOL. 14.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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