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Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Manganese
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  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057853
MRDS ID TC03523
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.4545, -22.56087 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 45.3% MN 1.81% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tuina Formation
    Rock description Tuina Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.4545, -22.56087
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip 90
    Length 100M
    Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tuina

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.3HA
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE; STOPED THREE LEVELS UNDERGROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BIESE, 1956, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO DE CHILE: EN SYMPOSIUM SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, MEXICO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS 10M WIDE

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.

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