Sonia-Antonia-Guanaco Bajo

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104774
MRDS ID TC05411
Record type Site
Current site name Sonia-Antonia-Guanaco Bajo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.07121, -29.4808 (WGS84)
Elevation 800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.07121, -29.4808

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N38W; N64W; N63W
    Dip 67NE; ? ; 67NE
    Length 130M
    Width 0.4M
  • Dip 67NE; ? ; 67NE
  • Strike N38W; N64W; N63W
    Dip 67NE; ? ; 67NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Torno

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEALE, M., 1933, EL MINERAL DE EL TORNO: BOL. MIN. PET., P. 122.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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