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Tres Cerros

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057951
MRDS ID TC03661
Record type Site
Current site name Tres Cerros

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.98785, -22.22255 (WGS84)
Elevation 3050

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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Barite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result VEIN - 2-11 G/T AG, 0.1-1.7% PB, TR-0.12 G/T AU LENS - 2.5-7 G/T AG, 0-5.8% PB, TR-0.19 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pajonal-Los Picos Batholith
    Rock description Pajonal-Los Picos Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 45
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.98785, -22.22255
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 42-55SE
    Length 950M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name El Inca

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chile Exploration Co. 39) Codelco
    First year 1938

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.85HA
    Overall depth 70M
    Overall length 868.68M
    Overall width 30M

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

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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