Amalia 1-40

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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 10059959
MRDS ID TC06745
Record type Site
Current site name Amalia 1-40
Alternate or previous names Amalia Norte, Amalia Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.81787, -29.44246 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 5% PB
Result 4.5% ZN
Result 1,8 G/T AU
Result 30 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.81787, -29.44246

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50SE
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dromadero

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    KAMONO, H. Y BORIC, R., 1982, INVENTARIO P[OLIMETALICOS Y ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DISTRITO MINERO TALCUNA: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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