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Unidentified Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104441
MRDS ID TC03352
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.33119, -22.93586 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Augusta Victoria Formation
    Rock description Augusta Victoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -69.33119, -22.93586
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 90
    Length 300M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Gorda

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 3HA
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 100M

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

    WILLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLE EXTENSION OF LA COMPANIA VEIN FAULTED BY RIGHT-LATERAL STRIKE-SLIP FAULT (+/- 500M).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 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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