Refugio

Plant in Atacama, Chile with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206791
MRDS ID TC03765
MAS/MILS ID 3370090049
Record type Site
Current site name Refugio
Related records 10058039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.88282, -27.16418 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atacama(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Atacama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.88282, -27.16418

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1996
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Maricunga

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bema Gold Corp
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Gold, Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1994
    First year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 95000000mt ore
    Total resources 95000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.03 g/mt Gold Major 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, "REFUGIO UPDATE", MARCH 25, 1994,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 322, NO. 8268, P. 213.

  • Ownership

    SOUTHWEST PAY DIRT, "AMAX GOLD", MAY 1993, NO.164, P. 20B.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHWEST PAY DIRT, "NEW REFUGIO STUDY GIVES SIMILAR RESULTS

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESULTS", JUNE 1994, NO. 177, P. 6B.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1994, VOL. 170, N0. 1, P. 28.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHWEST PAY DIRT, "AMAX GOLD, BEMA NEGOTIATING FINANCING

  • Reserve-Resource

    FOR REFUGIO GOLD PROJECT", APRIL 1994, NO. 175, P. 7B.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, P. 7 (MAR. 20, 1993).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1996 Mark, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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