Santa Genoveva

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10057958
MRDS ID TC03669
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Genoveva

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.02119, -22.40587 (WGS84)
Elevation 2450

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1926 - 1306 G/T AG, 29% PB (5 SAMPLES FROM VEINS)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.02119, -22.40587

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding - N25-40w, 25e-90

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N22-45W
    Dip 65SW-45NE
    Length 150M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Inca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 20HA
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 400M

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED AND DESCRIBED BY CHILE EXPLORATION CO. IN 1926 AND 1931.

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

    MARCH, W., 1931, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3458.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, W., 1926, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #3722.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PRINCIPAL VEINS AND SIX SUBORDINATE VEINS OVER AN AREA OF 500M X 400M.

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.