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Cia Minera Resguardo

Producer in Atacama, Chile with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279957
MAS/MILS ID 3370090044
Record type Site
Current site name Cia Minera Resguardo
Alternate or previous names La Suerte, Names of Individual Veins, Resguardo, La Union, Garret, Vista Hermosa, Schwort, Libra Baja, La Gartiga, La Garto

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.16623, -26.49748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.16623, -26.49748
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.4M
    Length 100M
    Width 21M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850715

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1967

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Resguardo, Sotero Del Rio 475 Of 201 Santiago
    Interest 100
    Home office Chile
    Year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C5=M1C2; PROBABLE RESERVES = 75% PROB. CAT; PROB. + POSSIBLE RES. 50% PROB. CAT. QUANT MATRIX REPRESENTS NUMEROUS SMALL VEIN DEPOSITS MINED M9C4=M1C1.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method GOPHERING (COYOTING) 10-29
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 150
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 20
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 14.06
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • ACCESS TO UNDERGROUND MINES IS THROUGH 4-METER SQUARE ADITS OF VARYING LENGTHS. MAXIMUM LENGTH IS 280 METERS. ROCKS ARE COMPETENT AND HARDNESS OF ROCK IS 3 TO 3.5. ABRASIVE INDEX IS 0.3. NO ROOF SUPPORT NEEDED. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE CIA MINERA REGUARDO FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, SEP 29, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ORE BODY CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS SMALL HYDROTHERMAL VEINS. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN GRANODIORITE INTRUSION (JURASSIC) STRIKES ARE NORTH-WEST, NORTH, AND NORTH-EAST. VEINS DIP TO WEST AND EAST APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES FROM HORIZONTAL ORE IS HANDSORTED AT PORTAL BY MINERS AND TRANSPORTED BY TRUCK TO NEARBY GRINDING PLANT FOR AVERAGE ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF 5 KM. MILL OP COSTS = $0 (MINERS HANDSORT)
  • M9C5=M1C2; PROBABLE RESERVES = 75% PROB. CAT; PROB. + POSSIBLE RES. 50% PROB. CAT. QUANT MATRIX REPRESENTS NUMEROUS SMALL VEIN DEPOSITS MINED M9C4=M1C1. MINE TO GRIND PLANT TRANSPORTATION COST INCLUDED IN MINE OP. COSTS. TRANSPORTATION COST FOR BARITE TO BE BARGED 2600 KM FROM CHANARAL, CHILE TO ARENES PTA, VENEZUELA IS $7.00 PER METRIC TON.
  • M9C5=M1C2; PROBABLE RESERVES = 75% PROB. CAT; PROB. + POSSIBLE RES. 50% PROB. CAT. QUANT MATRIX REPRESENTS NUMEROUS SMALL VEIN DEPOSITS MINED. M9C4=M1C1; MINE TO GRIND PLANT TRANSPORTATION COST INCLUDED IN MINE OP. COSTS. TRANSPORTATION COST FOR BARITE TO BE BARGED 2600 KM FROM CHANARAL, CHILE TO ARENES PTA, VENEZUELA IS $7.00 PER METRIC TON. ACCESS TO OREBODY IS THROUGH 12 SQ METER DRIFTS OF VARING LENGTHS. MAXIMUM LENGTH IS APPROXIMATELY 250 METERS. ROCKS ARE COMPETENT AND NO ROOF SUPPORT IS REQUIRED. ROCK HARDNESS IS 3.0 - 3.5 AND ABRASIVE INDEX IS 0.3. MINE DILUTION IS 0 AND RECOVERY IS 90%. NUMEROUS SMALL VEINS ARE MINED AND NO RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED ON EACH MINE.

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCESS TO UNDERGROUND MINES IS THROUGH 4-METER SQUARE ADITS OF VARYING LENGTHS. MAXIMUM LENGTH IS 280 METERS. ROCKS ARE COMPETENT AND HARDNESS OF ROCK IS 3 TO 3.5. ABRASIVE INDEX IS 0.3. NO ROOF SUPPORT NEEDED. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE CIA MINERA REGUARDO FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, SEP 29, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ORE BODY CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS SMALL HYDROTHERMAL VEINS. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN GRANODIORITE INTRUSION (JURASSIC) STRIKES ARE NORTH-WEST, NORTH, AND NORTH-EAST. VEINS DIP TO WEST AND EAST APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES FROM HORIZONTAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-1985 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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