Irene

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104460
MRDS ID TC03506
Record type Site
Current site name Irene

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.08452, -22.24922 (WGS84)
Elevation 2630

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.08452, -22.24922

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 90
    Length 850M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Inca

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Codelco

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Period 1883-88
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2000 G/T (Avg)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 2000g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • CODELCO PRODUCED SOME SILVER IN THE 1980'S WHICH WAS EXTRACTED AT CHUQUICAMATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.7HA
    Overall depth 150M
    Overall length 777.24M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT; STOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

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.