Juana-Nueva Alemania-Olga-Esperanza

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057847
MRDS ID TC03515
Record type Site
Current site name Juana-Nueva Alemania-Olga-Esperanza
Alternate or previous names Eduardo I

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.06952, -22.25422 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE FROM WEST & CENTRAL WORKINGS - 923 - 947 G/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.06952, -22.25422

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults At N45e And N50w

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N70-80W
    Dip 70-80N
    Length 1000M
    Width 0.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Inca

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Codelco

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 37M
    Overall length 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SEPARATE WORKINGS 600M APART.

Comments on development

  • DESCRIBED BY CHILE EXPLORATION CO. IN 1930'S. CODELCO SAMPLED AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988 YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MARCH, W., 1931 & 1936, ARCHIVOS SERNAGEOMIN # 3452 & 3439.

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, 1982, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO SAN JULIAN-SAN MARCOS: INEDITO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EAST PART OF EDUARDO I VEIN (2400M LONG). EDUARDO II, III, & IV VEINS ARE 150M, 550M, & 700M SOUTH, RESPECTIVELY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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