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San Juan

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057888
MRDS ID TC03573
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.01284, -23.1092 (WGS84)
Elevation 1740

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
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Caracoles Group
    Rock description Caracoles Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.01284, -23.1092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E; N10E; N20W
    Dip 80NW; 80SE; 80NE
    Length 150M
  • Strike N20E; N10E; N20W
    Dip 80NW; 80SE; 80NE
  • Strike N20E; N10E; N20W
    Dip 80NW; 80SE; 80NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY DIORITE PORPHYRY AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Flomax

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 70,000T OF TAILINGS AT 28 G/T AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 70M
    Overall length 137.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC ET AL., 1984.

Reporter information

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

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

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