Vieja

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10104437
MRDS ID TC03334
Record type Site
Current site name Vieja

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.06279, -22.98753 (WGS84)
Elevation 4650

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM VEIN

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result 488 G/T AG, 3.27% PB, 4720 G/T SB, <150 G/T SN, <0.04 G/T AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.06279, -22.98753

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 90
    Length 50M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevados De Poquis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO. (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1978, #1916.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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