| Deposit ID | 10104461 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC03510 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Texas |
| Geographic coordinates: | -68.97785, -22.22755 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3100 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chile(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Chile |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Freibergite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Linarite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Complejo Diortico Pajonal-Los Pilos | ||||||
| Rock description | Complejo Diortico Pajonal-Los Pilos | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -68.97785, -22.22755 |
|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40-80E; N44E; N40E |
| Dip | 25-65SE; 80SE; 90 |
| Length | 400M |
| Width | 0.4M |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40-80E; N44E; N40E |
| Dip | 25-65SE; 80SE; 90 |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40-80E; N44E; N40E |
| Dip | 25-65SE; 80SE; 90 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| Discoverer | Chile Exploration Co. |
| District name | El Inca |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 645000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 2HA |
| Overall depth | 70M |
| Overall length | 365.76M |
| Overall width | 50M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC03510 |
BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO (12 VOLS.).
KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI, SANTIAGO, 77 P.
WEISSEMBORN, A., 1938, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #4390.
CIMRI
BORIC, ET AL., 1984
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR VEINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1990 | Williams, William C. | University of Arizona |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.