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River Oscar

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065005
MRDS ID TC39976
Record type Site
Current site name River Oscar
Alternate or previous names Rio Oscar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.48261, -52.7314 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST OF PORVENIR ON TIERRA DEL FUEGO ISLAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.48261, -52.7314
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sutphen Gold Vanning Co. .
    First year 1903
    Last year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • 1902-1903, 300 MEN PRODUCED 140 KG AU ON TIERRA DEL FUEGO ISLAND; IN 1907-1908 SEASON SUTPHEN CO. PRODUCED 2 KG OF AU PER WEEK FROM 4 BUCKET LINE DREDGES ON RIOS VERDE, ORO AND OSCAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUADRA, W.A., AND DONKERLY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86 NO. 6, P. 1155-1173

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CUADRA AND DUNKERLY (1991).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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