Barranconcitos

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Silver
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104560
MRDS ID TC04031
Record type Site
Current site name Barranconcitos
Alternate or previous names Santa Clara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.77121, -28.90414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chanarcillo Group
    Rock description Chanarcillo Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.77121, -28.90414

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Is Horizontal

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W; NE
    Dip 80E; 12E
    Thickness 0.7M
    Width 0.2M
  • Strike N10W; NE
    Dip 80E; 12E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Barranconcitos

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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