Arco

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057607
MRDS ID TC03211
Record type Site
Current site name Arco
Alternate or previous names Santa Elena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.92452, -21.70923 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 25 G/T AG
Result 1.08-5.0% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.92452, -21.70923

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault At N15w To N10e

Ore body information

  • Strike 90
    Dip 90
    Length 250M
    Width 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chitigua

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, INCLINE

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY CHILE EXPLORATION COMPANY IN 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MAKSAEV, V., 1978, CARTA GEOLOGICA #31.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, W.A. AND MARSH, W.S., 1932, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3727.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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