Santa Ana

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057836
MRDS ID TC03499
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Ana
Alternate or previous names Chapacase

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.82121, -22.33422 (WGS84)
Elevation 1520

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • FRUTOS & PINCHEIRA (1986) LONGITUDE AT 069-49-00W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADED SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Analytical data

Result 64.4% PB, 147 G/T AG, 0.5% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name El Toco Formation
    Rock description El Toco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.82121, -22.33422

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N4E
    Dip 67W
    Length 1000M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maria Elena

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1946-56
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^42.7%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 43wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Period 1946-56
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^102 G/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 102g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.04HA
    Overall depth 14M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROSPECTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1956, #2043.

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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