San Antonio Mining Property

Past Producer in Atacama, Chile with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304415
MRDS ID TC07001
MAS/MILS ID 3370090024
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Mining Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.54953, -28.45747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650

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
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.54953, -28.45747

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 55N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Strike And Dip N80W:55N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vallenar Region

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Compania Minera San Antonio
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCALLISTER, JAMES F. AND RUIZ, F. 1948 GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN D

  • Deposit

    OF NORTH CENTRAL CHILE GEOLOGICALSURVEY BULLITEN 960C P102 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO INFERENCE IS MADE AS TO THE RESERVES OF SCHEELITE ON THE S ANTONIO MINING PROPERTY AS INSUFFICIENT SCHEELITE WAS SEEN AT ALL DIGGINGS. MUCH CAVING HAS PREVENTED DIRECT EXAMINATION OF THE MAJORITY OF VEINS. THE ABUNDANCE OF COARSE GRAINED SCHEELITE CERTAIN DIGGINGS ON THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS TWO PERCENT, INDICATES THE NEED FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1991 Wlu U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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