Texas

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  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 10104461
MRDS ID TC03510
Record type Site
Current site name Texas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.97785, -22.22755 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100

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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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 and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.97785, -22.22755

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Chile Exploration Co.

Mining district

District name El Inca

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1939
    Total resources 645000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 560 g/mt Silver Major 1939
    Lead Pb 13.2 wt-pct Lead Minor 1939

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENRICHED LENSES UP TO 1595G/T AG AND 51.5% PB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2HA
    Overall depth 70M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE, ADIT; STOPED

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

    KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI, SANTIAGO, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    WEISSEMBORN, A., 1938, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #4390.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR VEINS

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.