Tablaruca Beach

Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, Platinum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039035
MRDS ID M046556
Record type Site
Current site name Tablaruca Beach
Alternate or previous names Point Tablaruca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.20956, -42.95766 (WGS84)
Relative position 38 MILES SW OF CASTRO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE GOLD IN SANDS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.20956, -42.95766

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SANDS - BEACH SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiloe Island

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 138

  • Deposit

    MELLA, 1921, BLACK SANDS OF CHILOE ISLAND, CHILE: ENG. MIN. JOUR. V. III, NO. 12, P. 497 - 501

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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